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At least 9 targeting Moscow destroyed, official says

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Konakovo Power Plant reportedly targeted

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Dozens of drones downed over rest of Russia

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Ukraine presses US to OK using Western arms deep inside

Russia

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Sept 1 (Reuters) - Ukraine launched sustained drone

attacks targeting power and refinery plants in the neighbouring

Moscow and Tver regions, Russian officials and media reported on

Sunday, with tens of drones destroyed also across other parts of

the country.

The Baza Telegram news channel, which is close to Russia's

security services, said loud blasts were heard near the Konakovo

Power Station in the Tver region, one of the largest energy

producers in central Russia.

Tver Governor Igor Rudenya said five drones were destroyed

over his region northwest of the capital. He did not mention

possible damage.

A Ukraine-launched drone was destroyed near the Moscow Oil

Refinery, said Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin. There was no damage

or threat to the refinery's production process, he said.

The refinery, owned by Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian

gas giant Gazprom, is in southeastern Moscow,

according to information on Gazprom Neft's website.

Ukraine also attempted to strike the Kashira Power Plant in

the Moscow region with three drones, Mikhail Shuvalov, head of

the Kashira city district said on Telegram. There was no fire,

damage or casualties as a result of the attack, he said.

"Electricity is being supplied without problems," Shuvalov

posted on the Telegram messaging app.

At least nine drones were destroyed in Moscow and in the

surrounding region, Sobyanin posted on Telegram.

Some 26 Ukraine-launched drones were destroyed over the

border region of Bryansk in Russia's southwest, the region's

governor, Alexander Bogomaz, said on Telegram.

More than 10 drones were destroyed over the Voronezh region

and several were downed over Kursk, Lipetsk, Ryazan and Tula

regions, governors of the regions said in posts on Telegram.

There were no injuries or damage as a result of any of the

attacks, according to preliminary information. Russia rarely

discloses the full extent of damage inflicted by Ukraine's air

attacks.

Reuters could not independently verify the reports. There

was no immediate comment from Ukraine.

Kyiv is pressing the United States for permission to use

allied-supplied weapons to strike deep inside Russia.

With the domestic drone industry growing rapidly, Kyiv has

been stepping up its attacks on Russia, striking energy,

military and transport infrastructure - sectors vital to

Moscow's war efforts.

Kyiv says, however, that it needs to be allowed to use more

powerful Western-supplied weapons to inflict greater damage

inside Russia and impair Moscow's abilities to continue its

attacks on Ukraine, which it invaded in February 2022.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's senior officials

were in Washington last week, appealing to the United States for

what Zelenskiy called, "capabilities to truly and fully" protect

the country.