Kyiv Fires Scores of Drones at Russian Targets Including Nuke Plant, Moscow Says

The attack follows a Jan. 24 drone barrage that allegedly struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region.

Smoke billows after Ukraine's SBU drone strikes a refinery, in Ryazan region, Russia, in this screen grab from a video, on March 13, 2024. Video Obtained By Reuters/via Reuters

Ukraine carried out a wide-ranging drone attack overnight on energy facilities in nine regions of Russia, including a nuclear power plant in the western Smolensk region, according to Russian officials.

“Civilian sites in various districts of the Smolensk region are under a massive drone attack,” regional governor Vasily Anokhin said in remarks cited by Russia’s TASS news agency in the early hours of Jan. 29.