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Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov says a fire temporarily broke out after a Ukrainian drone attack
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Ukraine’s military says it has destroyed a Russian command post in the border region of Kursk.
In a statement on the Telegram messenger app, they said they had hit a command post in the city of Rylsk, around 25 miles beyond the area of Kursk controlled by Ukraine’s forces.
“This operation is part of a systematic effort to destroy enemy command posts, depriving them of the ability to effectively coordinate combat operations and logistics,” they wrote.
It comes as Ukraine launched its second drone attack this week against oil refineries in Russia.
An oil refinery in Russia’s southern Volgograd region temporarily caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, the regional governor said on Friday.
Andrei Bocharov, the governor, said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that Russian air defences had repelled an attack on his region by eight drones.
Earlier this week, Ukraine claimed to have struck and set on fire a Lukoil refinery, Russia’s fourth largest, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, east of Moscow.
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Two people have been injured in Russia’s evening missile attack on the historic centre of Odesa.
The city’s mayor, Hennadiy Trukhanov confirmed on the messaging app Telegram that they have been taken to hospital.
Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said two large explosions had gone off in the city during the early evening.
President Zelensky said in his nightly video address that “strikes directly on the city, on ordinary civilian buildings” underscored the importance of improved air defences.
“Again and again, air defence is the top priority. We are working with all our partners to provide more protection for our country”, he added.
“We need faster deliveries and greater numbers of systems and weapons which will enable us to save the lives of more of our soldiers, our people.
“More orders for drones. More investments for the development of robotic systems. And more orders for basic weapons.”
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