Ukraine launched its largest-ever kamikaze drone attack on Russia while Russian President Vladimir Putin visited China, killing two people and causing an oil refinery fire in the Black Sea, according to officials.
"Fifty-one UAVs were destroyed and intercepted over Crimea, 44 over the Krasnodar region, six over the Belgorod region and one over Kursk region," Russia’s military said in a press release according to Voice of America.
The wave of drones attacked several targets around the Belgorod region and along the coast of the Black Sea. Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a mother and child were killed while traveling in a car, and authorities managed to extinguish the fire at the Tuapse refinery.
Sevastopol Governor Mikhail Razvozhaev announced that he "made a decision to cancel classes in all schools, institutions of secondary vocational education and kindergartens" and warned that periodic blackouts would continue as the region struggled with the damage caused by Ukraine’s attack.
Dear Russia, remember when you had a basing agreement with Ukraine that gave your fleet access to Sevastopol? Yeah, good times...
I never thought at my age that I’d become an expert on ruzzian oil refineries and their vulnerabilities but that drone hit smack on target hitting storage tanks makes good video with flames and smoke but it’s not as effective.
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I just love the camera action when something exciting happens it pans away to the ground. So this was just a video of a fast drone flying overhead. But look who took the video
