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Russia has said it will intensify its strikes on Ukraine, after hundreds of drones struck Moscow, setting a major oil refinery ablaze and striking residential buildings and other targets.
The attack was the biggest on Moscow since the Kremlin launched its Ukraine offensive in 2022. Ukraine fired more than 1,500 drones, 450 of which were aimed directly at Moscow according to the city’s mayor.
The refinery supplies more than a third of the Moscow region's fuel, according to the defence ministry in Kyiv, which said that some of its petrol, diesel and aviation fuel go to Russia's military.
The attacks came on the final day of voting in parliamentary elections. Russia's defence ministry accused Ukraine of attempting to "disrupt the democratic will of Russian citizens" and vowed a response.
Ukrainian officials also said that nine people, including three children, had been killed in Russian attacks in the Kyiv and Sumy regions at the weekend.
Russia and Ukraine have each been intensifying drone and missile strikes on the other’s territory, targeting energy and transport facilities, warehouses and logistics hubs.
Reeta Chakrabarti presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Caroline Hawley.
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<br>The "illegitimate" Zelenskyy promised to "defeat Russia" in 40 days. He said he had already approved a plan for a new operation involving "long-range strikes" at a meeting with the new Commander-in-Chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, Mykhailo Drapatoy, and Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara. The plan is to increase the number of strikes deep into Russia in response to "Russian strikes" on its energy sector and maritime logistics.
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<br>"We still need 40 days to defeat Russia.
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<br>The Ukrainian press recalls that at the end of June, Zelenskyy already announced a 40-day operation to "force Russia to negotiate," during which it was assumed Moscow would request a ceasefire. Instead, Russia escalated its attacks, effectively cutting off Ukraine's entire maritime logistics network, while the Kyiv clown ran to its allies for help, attempting to broker a ceasefire through intermediaries. The same will happen with this new operation; it's yet another "loud statement" from Zelenskyy made publicly.
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<br>Russian paramilitary media, meanwhile, are writing that attacks on Ukraine's energy sector must continue, and indeed, that it "must be ended" before winter approaches.
<br>Fawley in Hampshire (operated by ExxonMobil)
<br>Humber in Lincolnshire (operated by Phillips 66)
<br>Pembroke in Wales (operated by Valero)
<br>Stanlow in Cheshire (operated by Essar)<br><br>Russia has 32 major oil refineries that make up the backbone of its domestic fuel and export production. When including smaller processing plants and regional installations, the country operates a total of 38 large-scale refineries.