Ukrainian drones struck the Saratovorgsintez oil refinery in Russia's Saratov Oblast, inflicting harm to the power, Ukraine's Basic Employees reported on July 1.
"An necessary facility has been hit," the Basic Employees mentioned by way of its official Telegram channel.
The Saratovorgsintez refinery and chemical plant, owned by Russian power large Lukoil, is positioned practically 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from Ukraine's border within the metropolis of Saratov. The town hosts a number of strategic army and industrial websites.
The refinery was focused to "scale back the enemy's offensive capabilities," the Basic Employees wrote.
"The occupiers use the capability of this refinery to produce gasoline and lubricants to Russian army models concerned within the armed aggression in opposition to Ukraine."
The assault was a joint operation carried out by Ukraine's army intelligence company (HUR) and different army models, the Basic Employees mentioned. A fireplace broke out on the website of the assault and harm to the refinery's technological installations has been confirmed. The complete penalties of the strike are nonetheless being investigated.
The Kyiv Unbiased couldn’t confirm these claims.
The report is the newest in a sequence of bulletins on July 1 about profitable Ukrainian strikes on Russian targets. Earlier within the day, HUR launched footage of Ukraine's UJ-26 drones, generally often known as Bober (Beavers), concentrating on high-value Russian air defenses and a fighter jet in occupied Crimea.
The Safety Service of Ukraine (SBU) additionally introduced that Ukrainian drones struck a serious Russian army plant within the metropolis of Izhevsk, over 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the entrance strains.
Ukraine additionally hit a Russian command submit in occupied Donetsk Oblast, in line with the Basic Employees.
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