The Ukrainian army says it has struck a Russian oil refinery near the capital Moscow, a day after Russia launched massive, deadly attacks on Kyiv.

The Ukrainian army said on social media on Saturday that it hit a refinery in the Ryazan region as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”.

The Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital on Friday killed at least six people and wounded nearly three dozen more , with residential buildings and other sites targeted.

Describing it as a “wicked attack”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said about 430 drones and 18 missiles, including ballistic and aeroballistic missiles, were used in the Russian assault.

The Ukrainian strike on the Ryazan refinery comes as the two countries have been trading attacks

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