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Russia says 146 drones downed over the Leningrad Region; counter-action ongoing. Drones targeted Leningrad Oblast infrastructure, including Kirishi refinery and Iskander fuel plant.
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Drones Over Leningrad
Russia said it had downed 146 drones over its Leningrad region, with Governor Aleksandr Drozdenko telling Telegram that “A total of 146 drones have been downed over the Leningrad Region,” and adding that “the counter-action is ongoing”. Reuters reported that a Ukrainian drone struck Russia’s second-largest oil refinery in Kirishi, also in the Leningrad region, and local authorities said a woman was killed in the attack.
Drozdenko also said a drone attack caused a fire in the port area of Ust-Luga by the Baltic Sea in the province, while TASS reported that Ukrainian forces fired at least 31 artillery shells on Ukraine’s Moscow-occupied Donetsk region in 24 hours, wounding three civilians. Latvia and Lithuania warned residents to seek shelter against the threats posed by unidentified drones entering their airspace via Russia or Belarus, and the Baltic states said NATO air defence and fighter jets were activated as a result of the airspace violations.
Competing Drone Totals
Breakingthenews.net said Russian forces destroyed 141 Ukrainian drones over the Leningrad region on Wednesday, citing regional governor Alexander Drozdenko and adding that “Combat work continues,” without mentioning damage or injuries.
UA.NEWS repeated that Russia claimed 146 drones downed in the Leningrad region, while it also pointed to Reuters reporting that a Ukrainian drone struck the Kirishi oil refinery and local authorities said a woman was killed.
Kyiv Post said Ukraine launched a large-scale drone attack on Russia’s Leningrad Oblast overnight on Nov. 9, striking the Kirishi oil refinery and a military-industrial plant involved in producing fuel for Iskander ballistic missiles, and it quoted Drozdenko writing on Telegram that “There are confirmed cases of UAV impacts in the industrial zone of the city of Kirishi,”.
UNITED24 Media said a fire broke out at Russia’s Kirishi oil refinery after a drone attack, and it quoted Drozdenko reporting that “Eighty-one enemy UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Leningrad region.”
Abu Dhabi Talks and Fallout
The drone escalation came as US-mediated peace talks between Russia and Ukraine in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates entered their second and final day on Wednesday, and Zelenskyy said the first day of talks was “constructive and quite substantive”.
TASS reported that Ukrainian forces fired at least 31 artillery shells on Ukraine’s Moscow-occupied Donetsk region in 24 hours, and it said 23 attacks occurred in the Horlivka area where a married couple was also wounded in a drone strike on a vehicle.
Kyiv Post said the Kirishi refinery is Russia’s second-largest oil refinery with an annual processing capacity of up to 21 million metric tons of crude oil, and it said the refinery supplies petroleum products across northwestern Russia including St. Petersburg and Pulkovo Airport.
UNITED24 Media said the Kirishi refinery, commissioned in 1966 and owned by Surgutneftegas, has a design capacity of around 20–21 million tons of crude oil per year, and it described the plant as a key supplier of fuel to St. Petersburg and aviation kerosene to Pulkovo Airport.