Russia says two killed in Ukrainian shelling and drones hit oil refinery
Al JazeeraUkraine launched attacks on Belgorod and near Moscow as Russians entered the second day of voting in the presidential election. Ukrainian shelling in the southern Russian city of Belgorod has killed two people and a drone attack caused a fire at a Russian oil refinery south of Moscow, officials have said, while Russian authorities claimed to have thwarted a new attempt by saboteurs to cross the border. Russia’s Ministry of Defence also said Saturday that it had thwarted attempts by “Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance groups” to enter the country from Ukraine’s Sumy region. Ukrainian drone attacks A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a Russian oil refinery on Saturday that burned for hours before it was brought under control. A Ukrainian drone also dropped an explosive close to a polling station in the Russian-annexed Zaporizhia region of Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS said.