Ukraine's military said the attack hit a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in the Bryansk region with video posted online showing a giant plume of smoke and flames engulfing an oil refinery in Russia's Ryazan region.

The Russian President ordered his forces on the offensive again in a bloody night which cost at least four Ukrainian lives.

The incident underscores the proliferation of this particular threat on the battlefield but also points to the effectiveness of the ‘up-armored’ version of the venerable Leopard 1, examples of which have received a variety of different protective measures in Ukrainian service.

Ukraine has intensified missile and drone strikes on Russia. Russian air defenses are stretched, prompting efforts to find other approaches to protect domestic targets.

Russia launched a hundred Shahed and imitation drones at Ukraine. The Air Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine destroyed 65 of them. The drones were launched from the Russian cities of Orel,