Ukraine targets key Russian oil refinery as Moscow tests hypersonic missile

Ukraine says it volition proceed targeting Russian infrastructure delivering troops, substance and ammunition to the beforehand lines.

Russia and Ukraine person been engaging successful large aerial battles, targeting vigor and proscription infrastructure, arsenic Moscow presses its fierce ground battle successful the Ukrainian east successful the war’s 4th twelvemonth and tests a benignant of hypersonic weapon.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence announced connected Sunday that its aerial defences changeable down 361 drones, 4 guided aerial bombs, and rockets from a US-made precocious mobility artillery rocket strategy (HIMARS) overnight.

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The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported bringing down a ballistic rocket and 164 drones of antithetic types.

Russian authorities and Ukraine’s subject confirmed that a main people of Ukrainian drones was the Kirishi lipid refinery successful Russia’s northwestern Leningrad portion – 1 of the largest successful the world’s second-biggest oil-exporting country.

“Explosions and occurrence were recorded astatine the refinery,” Ukraine claimed, calling it a “successful strike”. But the standard of the damage, if any, could not beryllium independently verified.

Alexander Drozdenko, the politician of the Leningrad region, said that 3 drones were destroyed successful the Kirishi country and that a occurrence sparked by falling debris had been enactment out. He said nary 1 was injured.

Attacks connected vigor infrastructure by some Russia and Ukraine travel arsenic United States President Donald Trump has said helium is acceptable to authorisation Russia, but lone if each NATO allies hold to completely halt buying oil from Moscow and enforce their ain sanctions.

Also successful Russia’s Leningrad, 2 freight trains successful abstracted parts of the portion derailed aboriginal Sunday, leaving a bid operator killed and disrupting railway traffic, according to Governor Drozdenko.

An lipid institution successful Russia’s Bashkortostan portion volition support accumulation levels contempt a drone onslaught connected Saturday, the region’s Governor Radiy Khabirov said.

The incidents came soon aft an explosive instrumentality detonated connected a conception of obstruction way successful Russia’s occidental Oryol portion precocious Saturday, sidesplitting 3 people.

Ukraine did not assertion work for these incidents, arsenic with erstwhile ones hitting Russia’s railway network, but its subject said it continues to people infrastructure utilized by Russia to present troops, substance and ammunition to the beforehand lines.

Ukraine’s Commander of the General Staff Andrii Hnatov told Ukrainian online video transmission Novyny Live that the state whitethorn intentionally trim the prime of 4G and 5G mobile communications successful definite areas to forestall Russian drones from accessing the net to transmit images during attacks.

Separately connected Sunday, Russia said it had fired a Zircon (Tsirkon) hypersonic cruise rocket astatine a people successful the Barents Sea arsenic portion of joint subject exercises with Belarus.

Russian Northern Fleet frigate Admiral Golovko launches a Zircon hypersonic rocket astatine a people during the Zapad associated strategical workout with Belarus, successful the Barents Sea, successful this inactive representation from video released September 14, 2025 [Russian Defence Ministry/Handout via Reuters]

Russia’s Defence Ministry said that long-range anti-submarine craft of the Northern Fleet’s mixed aviation corps were also progressive successful the “Zapad”, oregon West, associated strategical exercise, and that Su-34 supersonic fighter-bombers practiced a bombing onslaught against crushed targets.

In the meantime, a drone breached Romanian airspace during a Russian drone onslaught connected Ukrainian infrastructure overnight, with Romania dispatching fighter jets, which did not negociate to sprout down the low-flying projectile earlier it near nationalist airspace towards Ukraine.

Poland besides deployed craft and closed an airdrome successful the eastbound metropolis of Lublin amid Russian drone strikes connected Ukraine, with the determination coming 3 days aft Poland changeable down Russian drones successful its airspace with the backing of craft from NATO allies.

NATO announced a caller inaugural connected Friday to bolster the security of its Eastern European members successful the aftermath of Russia’s usurpation of Polish airspace.

“NATO is launching Eastern Sentry to bolster our posture adjacent further on our eastbound flank,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said successful Brussels during a associated quality league with NATO’s apical commandant successful Europe, US General Alexus Grynkewich.

“This subject enactment volition commence successful the coming days and volition impact a scope of assets from allies, including Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany,” Rutte added.

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies