Kathmandu. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukraine targeted two Russian oil facilities hundreds of kilometers away from the border with Ukraine. In retaliation, Russia said it had attacked a Ukrainian train station and commercial ships.TAG_OPEN_span_16

In recent years, both sides have stepped up long-range attacks, leading to increased civilian casualties. Kyiv is launching a record number of drone attacks on Russia, while Moscow says it is launching an all-time high number of missiles and missiles.

According to Zelenskyy, Ukraine hit oil facilities in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions, which are about 1,300 kilometers and 700 kilometers away from the battlefield, respectively. Zelenskyy said that these attacks are strengthening the possibility of diplomacy.

He also posted a video taken from Russian social media saying that Russia should give up war and choose peace. Black smoke billowed over the oil refinery. Russia’s Defense Ministry said earlier that 605 Ukrainian drones were shot down during the night.

The governor of the Yaroslavl region, north of Moscow, said 92 drones had been shot down. Zelenskyy said the attack hit an oil refinery in the same area. The governor called it the “biggest” attack on the region during the war.

Wildberries, one of Russia’s largest e-commerce companies, has been repeatedly targeted over the past month.

At least 17 people were killed and warehouses destroyed by Russian missiles in Kyiv. After Kyiv failed to shoot down Russian missiles, President Zelenskyy urged his allies to immediately provide air defense equipment.

Two people were killed in a Russian attack on the Lozhova train station in the northeastern Kharkiv region on Wednesday night. According to the governor of the Odessa region, one person has died in a Russian attack on a commercial ship carrying Ukrainian wheat in the Black Sea.

More than four years after Russia’s massive invasion of Ukraine began, diplomatic efforts have stalled and both countries have stepped up their long-range attacks, causing mounting civilian casualties.