Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Moscow strikes train station, ship

MOSCOW, Aug 6: Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President VolodymyrZelensky said Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine.

Both sides have been intensifying their long-range attacks in recent months, leading to a jump in civilian deaths.

Kyiv has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia, while Moscow has been launching all-time high missile attacks.

Zelensky said Ukraine had hit oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions -- about 1,300 (800 miles) and 700 kilometres from the front.

The attacks were "strengthening the prospects for diplomacy", Zelensky said.�" AFP