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Ukraine said on Friday it had struck a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in a huge drone attack that caused fires at the refinery's production facilities and an oil pumping station.

Russia says it shot down more than 120 drones overnight, in what would be one of the largest attacks of the war.

Ukraine drones hit an oil refinery east of Moscow in a mass attack on Russia, according to military sources. The oil plant in Ryazan, 120 miles south east of the capital, was targeted, as was a microelectronics production plant in Bryansk, western Russia, according to Ukraine’s military.

The 14th Separate Regiment of Unmanned Aviation Complexes of the Unmanned Systems Forces of Ukraine, together with other groups of the Defense Forces, successfully hit the Kremniy El microelectronics plant in the city of Bryansk on the night of January 23-24.

Kyiv says it struck a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in attack which Moscow says contained 120 drones

Volodymyr Zelensky has made a demand for Kyiv to be included in talks to end Russia’s war in Ukraine that he believes could happen under Donald Trump’s presidency.The Ukrainian president also said on Saturday that the terms of any deal that might arise under the new US president were still unclear – and might not even be clear to Trump himself – because Vladimir Putin had no interest in ending the war.

The nearby microelectronics factory, Kremniy EL, which produces over 90% of its output for Russia's Ministry of Defense, was also targeted. While the exact impact on the factory, which supplies components for missile systems,

Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.