Photo: A fire erupted at the largest Russian oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region overnight after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine, the regional governor said Saturday, Feb. 3.
Two Ukrainian attack drones struck the largest oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday, a source in Kyiv told Reuters, detailing the latest in a series of long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities.
Local authorities in Russia said earlier that a fire had been extinguished at the Volgograd refinery following a drone attack. Oil producer Lukoil (LKOH.MM), opens new tab, which owns the refinery, later said the plant was working as normal.
The Kyiv source said the operation by the SBU security service struck the primary processing facility, without which the refinery could lose significant production capacity.
Ukrainian officials seldom take responsibility publicly for deep strike attacks on Russian territory.
The Volgograd refinery is the latest in a series of facilities to be targeted by drones. Kyiv sees such infrastructure as important for the Kremlin’s war effort.
Russia has been conducting regular long-range missile strikes on targets in Ukraine since the beginning of its full-scale invasion, prompting Kyiv to scramble for ways to close the gap on Moscow’s more advanced military technology.
Ukraine has sought to spur innovation in drone technology and to support the production of long-range drones to allow it to strike back.
Reuters
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