Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces attacked several Russian facilities in Ryazan and Bryansk. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have thwarted Russian plans in the Kursk region and are advancing elsewhere.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed an attack overnight that hit Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery and the Ryazan Thermal Power Plant, leaving them ablaze Thursday morning.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOS) struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery and the Ryazan Thermal Power Plant in an overnight drone strike on Jan. 24, an SBU source told the Kyiv Independent. The attack was later confirmed by the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces.

Video footage taken on Jan. 23 shows an alleged drone attack conducted by Ukrainian armed forces attacking the Rostneft Oil Refinery in Ryazan, Russia by using many long-range kamikaze drones.

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 said hours earlier that its forces had repelled an overnight drone attack,

Drones of the Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the defence forces, hit facilities involved in the supply of Russian forces on the night of 23-24 January.