Russian oil refinery on fire, Kiev "shakes hands" with British arms giant, Moscow warns London

On the morning of May 31, Russia announced that an oil refinery in a southern border province was on fire due to an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), while Ukraine announced cooperation with a large British corporation to open a weapons production facility in the Eastern European country.

Tình hình Ukraine: Cơ sở lọc dầu Nga bốc cháy, Kiev 'bắt tay' tập đoàn vũ khí khổng lồ Anh, Moscow cảnh báo London. (Nguồn: EPA)

Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar province. (Source: EPA)

A fire broke out at the Afipsky oil refinery in the Kuban region, which is said to have been caused by an attack by an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), the governor of the southern Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, said. The fire was confined to an area of 100 ^square meters.

Meanwhile, the Telegram channel “Shot” reported that a suicide UAV crashed in the area of the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar province, the attack took place at around 3:00 a.m.

Meanwhile, on May 30, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kiev is cooperating with the British defense giant BAE Systems to establish a facility in this Eastern European country to produce and repair weapons from tanks to artillery.

After talks with senior BAE officials, including CEO Charles Woodburn, President Zelensky said: "It is really a giant manufacturer of weapons, the kind of weapons that we need and will continue to need. We are working to set up a suitable facility in Ukraine for production and repair."

Earlier the same day, the two sides agreed to expedite the opening of a BAE office in Ukraine.

Also on May 31, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev said that, in fact, Britain is launching an undeclared war against Moscow.

A day earlier, when commenting on the UAV attack on Moscow on the morning of May 30, British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said that Ukraine had the right to attack targets on its territory outside the country in self-defense.

Commenting on this statement, Mr. Medvedev stated: "Today, the United Kingdom is acting as an ally of Ukraine, by providing equipment and personnel, which is in fact waging an undeclared war against Russia."

According to Mr Medvedev, "any UK official, both military and civilian, who is contributing to the conflict effort, can be considered a legitimate military target".

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