STORY: :: Drones strike a large oil refinery in a Russian region southeast of Moscow, a Ukrainian commander says
:: Ryazan, Russia / May 15, 2026
:: The region's governor says two apartment blocks were damaged and several people killed
:: Ukraine has stepped up attacks on infrastructure targets deep inside Russia
Pavel Malkov, the governor of the Ryazan region, said 99 Ukrainian drones had been involved in the overnight attack, that two high-rise apartment blocks had been damaged, and that debris from falling drones had landed on the territory of an industrial site, which he did not identify.
Twelve people had been injured, seven of whom were being treated in hospital, he said.
The Ryazan region is southeast of Moscow. Its most southerly frontier is 220 miles from the Ukrainian border.
Reuters was able to confirm the location from social media video showing the buildings and road layout which matched archive and satellite imagery of the area.
