Russian forces launched Shahed drones at Ukraine from Kursk, Oryol, Millerovo, Bryansk, and Shatalovo. Air defenses were active in the Kharkiv, Poltava, Sumy, Kyiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kirovohrad, Zhytomyr,

The drones, operated by the SBU and the Special Operations Forces, targeted the flare farm, two primary processing units, and two technological units at the Volgograd oil refinery, an SBU source said.

It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. A series of drone attacks by Ukraine on Russia's energy facilities have sparked fires in recent days at a major oil refinery in the Volgograd region,

Russia launched 112 Shahed attack drones and decoy UAVs of various types against Ukraine on the night of 6-7 February. Ukrainian air defence has managed to down 81 drones, while 31 failed to reach their targets.

An attack carried out by the SBU and the Defense Forces set fire to the Albashneft oil depot in Novominskaya in southwestern Russia, according to the General Staff.

Ukrainian forces have launched new drone strikes on Russia, targeting an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region.

The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and Ukraine’s defence forces targeted an oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Oblast and a Russian Buk air defence system in the temporarily occupied part of Zaporizhzhia Oblast on the night of 4-5 February.