Editor’s note: This story is being updated.

Ukrainian forces struck the Saratov oil refinery, a drone storage facility at an airfield in Russian-occupied Crimea and other military targets overnight on Nov. 28, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

Residents in several Russian cities and in occupied Crimea reported hearing explosions overnight. Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 136 Ukrainian drones, including 30 over Saratov Oblast and 29 over the occupied peninsula.

Ukraine struck the Saratov oil refinery, a facility that produces more than 20 petroleum products and supplies the Russian occupation army. The strike sparked a fire at the site, though the full extent of the damage is still being assessed, according to the report.

Ukrainian forces have repeatedly targeted the refinery in Saratov Oblast this fall, with the previous strike recorded on Nov. 14. The latest Nov. 28 attack is the fifth since the start of the season.

One of the November strikes forced the plant to halt primary processing, according to Reuters.

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