An oil refinery is burning in Syzran after a drone attack, according to eyewitnesses.

Local residents reported this to journalists from VChK-OGPU and SHOT. They reported a column of fire and thick smoke in the area of ​​the oil refinery. Authorities have not yet confirmed the fire at the facility.

Previously governor Samara Region Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed information about a "mass attack" by drones on the region - at least 13 of them were shot down by air defense systems.

At the same time, the Ministry of Defense reported only seven downed aircraft. Samara region drones. In total, 53 drones were intercepted and destroyed by air defense systems in Russian regions last night. Of these, 13 were over Russian territory. Kursk area, 11 - above Rostov. six - above Belgorod, five - above Orlovskaya, four each - over the territories Bryansk и Voronezh areas, and also one each - above Saratov region, Kalmykia and water area Azov seas.

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