Russian strikes on Ukraine injure 18, drone attacks oil refinery in Yaroslavl — Cyprus Mail
Russian strikes on Ukraine on the morning of September 17 injured 18 people. According to Cyprus Mail, citing Reuters, 12 people were injured in Kyiv, including two children. Russia, the aggressor state, continued its attacks despite U.S. President Donald Trump's statement about an agreement to halt strikes on energy infrastructure, which neither side confirmed.
Consequences of the attacks in Ukraine
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that residential and other buildings were damaged in the capital. Debris also fell on the grounds of warehouse facilities and near a gas station. A Reuters correspondent heard explosions in Kyiv.
In Odesa, three people, including a child, were injured in a strike on a 19-storey residential building, local authorities said. Another three people were injured in Zaporizhzhia, where a missile strike caused a fire at an industrial facility.
More current news is available on the UA.News Telegram channel Telegram.
Fire at the oil refinery in Yaroslavl
Meanwhile, Mikhail Yevrayev, governor of Russia's Yaroslavl region, the aggressor state, said that a Ukrainian drone attack damaged an oil refinery in Yaroslavl. A fire broke out at the facility and was later extinguished. The extent of the damage to the refinery remained unclear at that time.
The plant in question is YANOS, located about 250 kilometres northeast of Moscow. It belongs to Slavneft, which is jointly controlled by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft. The facility has a capacity of about 300,000 barrels of oil per day, or 15 million tonnes per year. According to Reuters industry sources, after the August 28 attack, the plant halted processing at two of its three primary oil processing units.
Authorities in Russia's Krasnodar Krai also reported a fire at an industrial facility after drone debris fell. According to them, there were no casualties, and the blaze was quickly extinguished.
