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  1. Ukraine says it hit Moscow oil refinery in drone strike

    Tape blocks off road full of debris in MoscowGetty Images

    Damage has been reported around Moscow this morning after overnight drone strikes

    As part of its drone attack on Russia overnight, Ukraine's military says it struck "a number of strategic objects", including "a production capacity of the Moscow oil refinery".

    The armed forces says the refinery is capable of processing "11 million tons of oil per year" and provides "40-50%" of Moscow's diesel and gasoline.

    In a statement, it adds that it also hit a production station in Orlov, which it says is important in managing an oil pipeline supply to a seaport in St Petersburg.

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