Ryazan residents complain of blasts amid strike by unidentified drones
Photo: fire in Ryazan (Telegram channel Astra)
Explosions were reported in the Russian city of Ryazan, with residents saying a fire broke out at an oil refinery, according to Russian channels.
Eyewitnesses on social media reported thick black smoke rising in the sky over the city.
Earlier, an alert had been issued in the Ryazan region over the threat of drones.
As RBC-Ukraine reported, on August 26 a powerful explosion occurred on the Ryazan–Moscow trunk oil pipeline, one of the key supply routes of petroleum products to Moscow.
At the same time, Russia in August raised its oil export plan following Ukrainian drone strikes on oil refineries. Damage to the pipelines could cut Russia’s oil exports by 500,000 barrels per day.
