The authorities of the Yaroslavl region announced the most massive attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. What was the goal?

APU soldiers with a drone. Photo: Efrem Lukatsky / AP
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EW forces and Air defense repelled the most massive attack of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the Yaroslavl region last night, 88 enemy drones were destroyed. This was announced by the governor of the region Mikhail Evraev. Z-bloggers indicate that the purpose of the drones was the Yaroslavl refinery.

"Today, the most massive attack of enemy UAVs has been repelled in our region. EW forces and Air defense eliminated all 88 drones. There are no casualties," he wrote on Twitter. your telegram channel.

As the governor noted, Moskovsky Prospekt is on the way out of Yaroslavl in the direction of Moscow remains blocked, there is a liquidation of the wreckage of the UAV.

The governor clarified that as a result of the UAV attack, a private house burned down, windows were broken in several apartment buildings, and personal vehicles of residents of the region were damaged. He said that "compensation will be provided to all victims."

"In Yaroslavl, after the raid, traffic along Moskovsky Prospekt was blocked, the operation of public transport was changed. Judging by the recordings from the enemy's channels, his target was again the Yaroslavl refinery. UAVs heading for the Moscow," the telegram channel "Two Majors" points out in its morning frontline report.

Local residents posted on social networks footage with the sounds of explosions and two columns of smoke over the city. According to their reports, one of the fires occurred on the territory of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery, which is one of the top 5 largest refineries in Russia and is capable of processing up to 15 million tons of oil per year. Residents claim that this year the refinery has already been hit at least six times by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.