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Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Moscow strikes train station

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 371 words · By Gavin Blackburn
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What to know about Ukraine hits Russian refineries as Moscow strikes train station

More than four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomacy is at a standstill and the two countries are ramping up long-range strikes, causing a growing number of civilian casualties.

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What happened

More than four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, diplomacy is at a standstill and the two countries are ramping up long-range strikes, causing a growing number of civilian casualties.

Why it matters

Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine.

Common ground

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

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Russian missile attacks on Kyiv... destroyed warehouses belonging to a number of retailers”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 2: “In the Tver region... a drone hit a logistics centre belonging to Wildberries”
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Wikipedia explicitly confirms that Ukraine conducted drone strikes targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries in Russia.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of known mass shootings – in this case, incidents that resulted in at least four injured or killed – that have occurred in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mass_shootings_in_Russ…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since July 2026, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine has conducted waves of drone strikes into Russia targeting warehouses belonging to Wildberries, a large online retailer in Russia which has aid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_strikes_on_Wildberri…
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Claim 3: “Russia's defence ministry said earlier it had downed 605 Ukrainian drones in the night”
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Three independent web search reports confirm the Russian Ministry of Defense's claim of shooting down 605 Ukrainian drones in a single night.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Antonov An-140 is a turboprop regional airliner, designed by the Ukrainian Antonov ASTC bureau as a successor to the Antonov An-24, with extended cargo capacity and the ability to use unprepared a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_An-140
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This list of active Russian Navy ships presents a picture which can never be fully agreed upon in the absence of greater data availability and a consistent standard for which ships are considered oper…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_active_Russian_Navy_sh…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukrtatnafta is a Ukrainian oil refining company based in Kremenchuk and founded in 1994. It is one of the largest producers of oil products in the country. The company operates the largest oil refiner…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrtatnafta
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Claim 4: “Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that President Zelenskyy reported Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometers from the border in an overnight attack.
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Ukraine used drones to attack two Russian oil refineries in the Yaroslavl and Bashkortostan regions, located several hundred kilometers from the fron…
https://en.thairath.co.th/news/foreign/2951052
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of kilometres from the border in an overnight attack, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday, as Russia hit a train station and commercial sh…
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/08/06/ukraine-hits-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries in the regions of Krasnodar and Yaroslavl overnight, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday, as Kyiv ramps up pressure on Russia’s fuel supply with its dro…
https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2026/06/28/ukraine-…
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Claim 5: “A commercial vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat was also hit in the Black Sea by Russia, killing one person”
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Claim 6: “Zelenskyy said Ukraine had hit oil refineries in the Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl regions, about 700 kilometres from the front”
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Multiple web search results explicitly confirm Zelenskyy's statement that refineries in Bashkortostan and Yaroslavl were hit, with one source specifying the distance as 'about 700 kilometres from the front'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 September 2025 to 31 December 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deep strike campaign, or long-range strike campaign is a military campaign by the Defence Forces of Ukraine against the logistics of the Russian Federation and the Russian Armed Forces. The campai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_strike_campaign
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Far Eastern Federal District is the largest and the least populated federal district of Russia, with a population of around 7.9 million and an area of 6,952,555 square kilometres (2,684,396 square…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Federal_District
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Claim 7: “The governor of the Yaroslavl region... said 92 drones had been downed there”
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France 24 and other web results report that the governor of the Yaroslavl region, Mikhail Yevrayev, stated that 92 drones had been downed in that region.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1984 Soviet Union tornado outbreak, also known as the 1984 Ivanovo tornado outbreak, was a devastating and extremely deadly tornado outbreak that struck the Ivanovo and Yaroslavl regions north of …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — FC Shinnik Yaroslavl (Russian: Футбольный клуб «Шинник» Ярославль) is a Russian football club, based in Yaroslavl. From 1957 to 1960 the team was called Khimik (Russian: Химик - "the chemist"). In 196…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Shinnik_Yaroslavl
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hockey Club Lokomotiv (Russian: ХК Локомотив, English: Locomotive HC), also known as Lokomotiv Yaroslavl, is a professional ice hockey club based in Yaroslavl, Russia. It is a member of the Tarasov Di…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lokomotiv_Yaroslavl
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Claim 8: “More than four years after the start of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine”
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The claim states the full-scale invasion began 'more than four years ago'. However, multiple authoritative sources (Wikipedia, Britannica) explicitly state the full-scale invasion began on February 24, 2022. As of the current date (implied by the evidence provided), it has been approximately 2-3 years, not more than four. While the overall Russo-Ukrainian war began in 2014, the 'full-scale invasion' is a specific event dated to 2022.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the existing war between the two countries that began when Ru…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war_(2022–pres…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…
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Claim 9: “Kyiv has been firing record numbers of drones at Russia”
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Multiple sources describe the scale of Ukrainian drone attacks, including reports of over 500 drones and 'more than 1300 drones in a day', supporting the claim of record numbers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russian strikes also hit Ukraine on Wednesday, with the Ukrainian air force reporting that Russia launched 138 drones into the country and fired an unspecified number of missiles.
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/08/12/ukraine-launches-over-50…
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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine continues its attempts to attack Russian territory using various weapons. Over the past 24 hours, Russian air defense forces have shot down a significant number of enemy munitions—missiles, gu…
https://en.topcor.ru/73453-bolee-1300-bespilotnikov-za-sutki…
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web search NEUTRAL — As Ukraine has taken the war deeper into Russia, Moscow's response has been swift. It has targeted critical infrastructure such as the Odesa Port, which has been struck repeatedly, suspending vital sh…
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/ukraine-drones-are-hi…
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Claim 10: “Moscow has been launching all-time high missile attacks”
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Evidence indicates Russia has 'intensified aerial attacks' and launched record numbers of missiles (e.g., 376 in a month, more than twice the previous month).
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia has intensified aerial attacks across Ukraine in recent weeks, while Kyiv has stepped up its targeting of Russian logistics hubs, with the aim of disrupting military supplies. Air-raid sirens h…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1411pgje8xo
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia launched 376 missiles at Ukraine during the month — more than twice the number fired in June. 2 Min read. Ukraine Sinks Russian-Owned Container Ship in Black Sea, Rosatom Says.
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/ukraine-war
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of Russia-Ukraine war latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/ukraine-russia-crisis/
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Claim 11: “Kyiv was unable to down any of the missiles Russia fired”
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Claim 12: “Russian missile attacks on Kyiv a day earlier had killed at least 17 people”
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A cross-reference from CNBC confirms that Russian missile strikes on Kyiv killed at least 17 people.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Russia launched a massive wave of drone and ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine's capital, killing at least 17 people and leaving 44 injured
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/05/russia-ukraine-kyiv-putin-wi…
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Claim 13: “Russia hit a train station and commercial ship in Ukraine”
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The claim appears in the original text, but the provided evidence for this specific claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Russia that do not mention a train station or commercial ship attack. Only the original article's context (seen in evidence for claim 1) mentions this, but no independent corroborating source is provided in the evidence list.
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia is generally considered a great power and wields significant regional influence in Europe, possessing the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and having the third-highest military expenditure …
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia retained its nuclear arsenal but lost its superpower status. Scrapping the central planning and state-ownership of property of the Soviet era in the 1990s, new leaders, led by President Vladimi…
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web search NEUTRAL — Russia (Russian: Россия, romanized: Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, [c][16] is a country spanning parts of Eastern Europe and North Asia. It has land from the Baltic Sea to the Bering…
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Claim 14: “Fresh Russian attacks overnight killed two people at the Lozova train station in the northeastern Kharkiv region”
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