A huge blaze has erupted at an oil refinery in a Russian town that was hit by Ukrainian drones earlier this year.

Footage shows a fire raging at the industrial site in Kstovo, around 500 miles from the front lines in eastern Ukraine.

A thick column of black smoke poured from the plant, reportedly the Lukoil oil refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

In January, four drones hit a Lukoil company depot, causing significant damage.

Regional governor Gleb Nikitin said drone debris fell over the industrial zone.

It comes after Ukraine’s audacious drone attacks on Moscow’s strategic bomber fleet last weekend which saw a number o f Vladimir Putin’s aircraft wiped out.

Ukraine claims that it targeted 41 strategic bombers in “Operation Spider’s Web”, adding that “at least” 13 were destroye

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