A Moscow court has ordered a Russian internet giant to hide maps and images of oil refineries from its search engine results after a spate of Ukrainian drone attacks on the country’s fuel infrastructure.

Russia's attack using Shahed drones on Ukraine at the start of the new year caused the deaths of two prominent scientists in Kyiv.

A key oil facility erupted into flames this morning following a suspected drone strike by Ukraine inside Russia. The attack hit a depot in Russia 's Yartsevo district of the Smolensk region, which caught fire overnight on December 31, Russian authorities said.

A court in Russia has ordered Yandex to hide access to maps and photos of an oil refinery for the first time since Ukraine's strikes started. Earlier, the refinery was already attacked by drones, according to Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation.

A court in Moscow has for the first time ordered Yandex to block access to maps and photographs of the infrastructure of one of Russia's largest oil refineries due to the threat of attacks by Ukrainian drones.