MOSCOW, July 6 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian drones have struck the Omsk Oil Refinery, one of the largest in Russia, regional Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said in a social media statement.
Khotsenko said that Russian air defense systems intercepted and destroyed the majority of incoming drones. Preliminary information indicated that no fatalities or injuries had been reported. Emergency and operational services were deployed to the site and are currently working in the area.
The Omsk Oil Refinery is one of the largest oil refining facilities in Russia. It can process more than 20 million tons of crude oil a year.
In another event, a Ukrainian drone attacked a cooling tower at the under-construction Kursk Nuclear Power Plant-2 during an overnight attack, Kursk Region Governor Alexander Khinshtein said Monday.
Khinshtein said on social media that 12 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were detected and neutralized as they were heading toward Kurchatov, where the nuclear facility is located.
He said one drone hit the cooling tower of the plant's second power unit, but the structure has not yet been put into operation.
Despite the impact on the cooling tower, the plant's operational systems were not affected, and there were no reports of casualties or environmental damage, he added. ■