Symbolic imageKirishi refinery burns as Russia hits Ukraine's grid and Dnipro bridges
Ukrainian drones set fire to Russia's Kirishi refinery overnight, and Rosneft capped fuel sales. Russian strikes hit Ukrainian substations and Dnipro bridges.
Leningrad governor Alexander Drozdenko said air defences downed 113 drones overnight into Monday, 9 November, with hits on an industrial zone in Kirishi, and that falling debris killed a woman. Al Jazeera calls Kirishi Russia's second-largest refinery; Meduza, citing video analysis by the channel Astra, reports it on fire. Ukraine's General Staff also claimed a hit on the Morozov plant near St Petersburg, which makes explosives and missile fuel.
Fuel caps spread
Rosneft limits petrol to 30 litres in cities and 50 on highways, Meduza reports, after drone strikes on its refineries. The Leningrad region recommended 30 litres of petrol and 50 of diesel per customer to prevent panic buying.
Grid and bridges under fire
Russia's Defence Ministry says it hit substations near Belaya Tserkov and in Krivoy Rog and Cherkassy, plus a cargo ship it says carried arms. A Russian attack on Odesa killed three, the city's military administration said. Ukraine's Energy Ministry counts 128 attacks on energy sites in a week, and Zelensky warns, according to the FT, that the Dnipro bridge strikes aim to cut the country in half.
Other opinions
TASS reports only debris damaging an apartment and an industrial zone in Kirishi, and describes a Belaya Tserkov substation as supplying Ukraine's defence industry.