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A fireplace erupted at Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery after a drone strike in a single day on Jan. 26, in keeping with Russian media reviews.
The reported strike comes two nights after the Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Ukraine's Particular Operations Forces (SOS) launched a joint attack against the Ryazan Oil Refinery on Jan. 24.
Locals reported sounds of explosions and an tried drone assault on the refinery shortly earlier than 1 a.m. on Jan. 26, the Russian Telegram information channel Astra mentioned. Ryazan Oblast Governor Pavlo Malkov confirmed that Russian air protection items had been repelling a drone assault within the area.
Andrii Kovalenko, the counter-disinformation chief at Ukraine's Nationwide Safety and Protection Council, posted video to his official Telegram channel purporting to point out a hearth on the refinery after it was hit by drones.
Astra confirmed that video footage of the fires circulating on-line was filmed on the website of the refinery, however mentioned that due to the timing of the strike it was troublesome to find out whether or not the fireplace was from a brand new hit or the Jan. 24 assault.
The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t confirm these claims on the time of publication.
The Ryazan Oil Refinery, one in all Russia's largest, has the capability to course of 17 million metric tons of oil per 12 months. Income from fossil fuels fund Russia's warfare machine and Ukraine considers oil trade amenities to be legitimate army targets.
Ryazan lies roughly 500 kilometers (310 miles) north of Ukraine's border.
Ukrainian forces have focused the Ryazan facility in earlier assaults. An SBU supply informed the Kyiv Unbiased that not less than three oil depots and a workshop had been set ablaze within the Jan. 24 strike.
Ukraine's army intelligence company (HUR) additionally carried out a drone attack on the Ryazan Oil Refinery on Could 1, 2024.
Kovalenko mentioned on Jan. 24 that the refinery is a key facility in Russia's military-industrial advanced.
"The refinery performs an essential position in offering gasoline for each the civilian and military-industrial advanced of Russia," he said on Telegram.
"It produces gasoline for army gear, aviation kerosene, diesel gasoline and different sorts of petroleum merchandise utilized in tanks, plane, ships and different gear of the Russian Armed Forces."
