Verified material shows several smoke plumes at Yaroslavl refinery

By Paul Brown, Peter Mwai and Fridon Kiria We have verified multiple videos and images shared on social media showing huge smoke plumes rising from one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries at Yaroslavl, some 280km (170 miles) north-east of the capital, Moscow. Ukrainian media reported the facility was set ablaze following a drone attack early on Thursday. In one of the verified images on social media there appear to be at least four fires at the site, which is about 700km (430 miles) from the bord