Drones attacked the Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast in a single day on Feb. 19, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev reported on his Telegram channel.
Residents posted movies on social media purportedly exhibiting a big blaze on the refinery. Sounds of explosions had been reported at round 2:45 a.m. native time.
The strike reportedly induced a hearth on the refinery. There have been no casualties, in accordance with Fedorishchev.
The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t instantly confirm the claims.
The Syzran Oil Refinery, mendacity round 700 kilometers (430 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border, was opened in 1942 and belongs to the Russian state-owned oil firm Rosneft.
The ability "has a processing capability of 8.9 million tons of oil per 12 months," stated Andrii Kovalenko, the pinnacle of Ukraine's Middle for Countering Disinformation.
"Its merchandise embody gas, aviation kerosene, and bitumen," Kovalenko stated whereas reporting on the assault.
Ukraine considers Russian oil services to be legitimate army targets, as fossil gas earnings provide Moscow's struggle machine. The Ukrainian army has launched repeated assaults towards Russian refineries with long-range drones.
In lower than two months of 2025, a minimum of 17 Russian oil services had been attacked by drones, in accordance with the impartial Russian Telegram information channel Astra.
On Feb. 17, Ukrainian drones, operated by the Particular Operations Forces and Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU), hit the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Krai and the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station within the Kavkazsky district of Kuban.
The pumping station was taken out of operation because of the strike.
The Kyiv IndependentChris York
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