2 Ukrainian drones Attacked a major oil refinery A fire broke out overnight in southwestern Russia, according to reports.
According to media reports, Ukraine’s SBU security services were behind the operation of a refinery located in the Volograd region and owned by industry giant Lukoil.
Local media V1 published photos of what it said were explosions during the nighttime attack, and residents told the outlet they heard two explosions. According to AFP news agency.
Russian officials downplayed the severity of the attack.
“Last night’s drone attack in the Karachovsky and Zakanarye districts of Volgograd Oblast was repulsed by air defense and electronic jamming,” Volgograd Governor Andrei Bocharov said on Telegram.
“The fall of one of the downed drones caused a fire at the Volgograd refinery,” he added, noting that firefighters had brought the fire under control by morning and no one was injured in the attack. did.
Saturday’s operation is the latest in a series of drone strikes by Ukraine in recent weeks targeting Russian oil facilities that Kiev considers vital to the Kremlin’s war effort.
“By attacking refineries working for the Russian military-industrial complex, we can not only cut off the logistics of fuel supply for enemy equipment, but also reduce the sufficiency of the Russian budget,” Ukraine said. sources told Reuters.
Lukoil boasts on its website that it is “one of the leading companies in Russia’s oil and gas industry.” The refinery targeted in the latest drone attack is located south of the city of Volgograd, about 344 miles from the Ukrainian border.
According to AFP news agency, the Russian military announced that it used electronic jamming to shoot down or intercept four drones in the Belgorod region on the border of Ukraine – two in Volgograd and one in Rostov-on-Don. .
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