Ukrainian drones struck multiple targets deep inside Russia early morning on Friday, May 8, setting ablaze a major oil refinery in Yaroslavl and triggering explosions near military-linked industrial facilities in Rostov-on-Don, according to Russian monitoring channels and OSINT analysts.
The strikes came just hours after the Kremlin’s self-declared May 8-10 “Victory Day ceasefire” officially came into effect.
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Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Friday that its air defenses had intercepted and destroyed 264 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones between midnight and 7 a.m. Moscow time across more than a dozen regions, including the Moscow region.
Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said Russian air defenses intercepted several drones approaching the capital late on May 7. The attacks forced temporary flight restrictions at Moscow’s Vnukovo and Domodedovo airports, Russia’s aviation authority confirmed.
No damage was officially reported in Moscow, though residents reported explosions across the region.
Farther south, explosions rocked Rostov-on-Don overnight, with footage shared online showing a large fire burning in the city’s western industrial district.
OSINT project ASTRA said geolocation analysis placed the blaze near the Empils chemical plant and a branch of the Radar Scientific and Technical Center, a defense-linked enterprise that reportedly cooperates with Russia’s defense ministry.
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