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 have been reported at round 2:45 a.m. native time.
The strike reportedly brought about a hearth on the refinery. There have been no casualties, based on Fedorishchev.
The Kyiv Impartial 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 yr," mentioned Andrii Kovalenko, the pinnacle of Ukraine's Heart for Countering Disinformation.
"Its merchandise embrace gas, aviation kerosene, and bitumen," Kovalenko mentioned whereas reporting on the assault.
Ukraine considers Russian oil services to be legitimate navy targets, as fossil gas earnings provide Moscow's warfare machine. The Ukrainian navy has launched repeated assaults towards Russian refineries with long-range drones.
In lower than two months of 2025, at the very least 17 Russian oil services have been attacked by drones, based on 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 as a result of strike.
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