Published 5/21/2026, 7:09:32 AM · Updated 5/21/2026, 1:56:31 PMBy TheBriefWire Editorial Team
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“Two people were killed in a drone attack on the town of Syzran in Russia’s Samara region on the Volga River,” the local Governor said, while Ukraine also reported two dead as the two sides exchanged attacks overnight.
A large oil refinery is located in Syzran, some 1,000 km (620 miles) from the border with Ukraine.
The Samara Governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, made no mention of whether any infrastructure was damaged in his post on Telegram.
“Elsewhere in Russia, three people were injured in a drone attack in and around the town of Shebekino in Russia’s Belgorod region bordering Ukraine,” authorities said on Telegram.
In Ukraine, two were killed after Russia hit the Chernihiv region on the Russian border and the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, emergency services said on Telegram, with a number of people injured.