Ukraine war latest: Russian oil refinery on fire after drone attack - as Putin's forces trigger 'longest air raid alert' in major Ukrainian city since war began

Ukraine's military claims it has shot down all 20 drones it says Russia dispatched overnight to Kharkiv, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Odesa and Mykolaiv.As we reported earlier, Kharkiv sounded its longest air raid alert since the invasion began .The region of Kharkiv has been increasingly targeted this spring, with Russia intensifying aerial attacks and mounting a new offensive in the border areas, forcing Kyiv's outnumbered troops to try to hold the line on a new front.

The attack damaged five buildings, one of them belonging to the district administration, Kharkiv's regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, said on Telegram.Kharkiv city mayor Ihor Terekhov reported four explosions during the attack, adding one of the strikes caused a fire.Three drones were shot down over the Poltava region with no casualties or infrastructure damages, according to its regional governor, Filip Pronin.

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