Ukraine’s bold attacks targeting key assets in Moscow’s war effort have struck a nerve with Russia – which launched another deadly missile and drone attack overnight.

Bombs hit Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing four people and wounding 20, authorities said. But Ukraine fired back – hitting a Russian fuel depot situated near to a strategic bomber airbase.

In pictures across social media, the Engels oil refinery, based in the Saratov Oblast in the west of the country was engulfed in flames.

It comes after Kyiv carried out a large underwater explosion aimed at the crucial road and rail bridge linking the Russian-held Crimean peninsula to mainland Russia on Tuesday, causing damage to its underwater foundations.

This followed the audacious “Operation Spider’s Web” drone attacks on Moscow

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