Russia says it struck oil refinery reports Ukrainian attack on drone factory

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Let's begin with the latest updates on the Russia-Ukraine conflict. A strike on a Ukrainian oil refinery has been confirmed. Fill us in on this.

Russia confirmed a major strike in Ukraine, targeting a key oil refinery. At the same time, it says Ukrainian drones attacked its drone production facility.

Russian Defence Ministry officials reported that a coordinated air-and-sea missile strike hit an oil refinery in Ukraine's Poltava region overnight on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strike as an assault on Ukraine's energy infrastructure and said it was conducted "after the Americans asked us not to strike at Russian energy facilities."

In a separate incident on the same day, Moscow reported that Ukrainian drones struck a drone factory near Yelabuga in Tatarstan, causing a fire and killing at least one person.

Russian air defenses said they intercepted six Ukrainian drones.

The details of the strike on the drone factory were confirmed by Ukraine.