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Ukraine launches more than 280 drones at Russia: Moscow
Ukraine launched over 280 drones targeting Russian military and industrial sites, with Russia intercepting about 283 drones, causing injuries and damage in multiple regions.
- On March 21, 2026, Ukraine's Defense Forces launched more than 280 drones into Russia, Russia's state news agency cited the Defence Ministry.
- In retaliation for Russian attacks since 2022, Kyiv says its strikes target military and energy/industrial infrastructure, with Ukraine's General Staff naming the Afipsky refinery and port sites as military support facilities.
- Around 90 drones were shot down in the southern Rostov region, Yuri Slyusar reported, while Moscow's Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 27 drones bound for the capital were intercepted and explosions occurred in Saratov, Engels and Tolyatti.
- Officials said Afipsky oil refinery and port infrastructure were hit, debris near the Port of Kavkaz damaged a technical vessel and three injured, and fire struck the Rosneft-owned Saratov oil refinery processing about 140,000 barrels daily.
- Engels-2 airfield, 450 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, hosts heavy bomber regiments and the strike follows an earlier March 11 attack on KuibyshevAzot, while President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv and US negotiators will meet in the United States on Saturday.
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There's been the most massive raid in a year.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Saratov, Russia, on Saturday night, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced. The exact extent of the damage is not yet known.
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