US Edition'Target Hit' — Ukraine Strikes Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast, Command Post in Donetsk Oblast, Military Says
The drone strike targeted a key Rosneft refinery supplying Russian military forces, part of Kyiv's strategy to weaken Moscow's war capabilities, officials said.
- Ukraine's General Staff reported that Ukraine's forces conducted a strike on an oil refinery in Syzran, with fires and explosions recorded, amid the war between Ukraine and Russia.
- Amid efforts to weaken Moscow's war effort, Ukrainian forces hit a Samara oil refinery on Aug. 15, causing fires.
- Syzran sits about 800 kilometers from Ukraine’s border and the refinery is one of the largest in the Rosneft system, struck by Special Operations Forces in coordination with other branches.
- The strike in Volgograd caused fires at the refinery, which supplies fuel to Russian military units in central and southern Russia.
- In Syzran, fires and recorded explosions at the refinery were reported, according to local reports, highlighting concerns about drone activity in Samara Oblast.
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Ukrainian drones reached Thursday night an oil refinery and a block of apartments in Russia, killing one person, a few hours before the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Alaska. “Sizran’s oil refinery, in the Russian Samara region, was reached,” said the Ukrainian General Staff in Telegram. The refinery, located more than 800 km from the Ukrainian border, is presented by Kiev as “the most important of the Rosneft system,” one of …
Ukraine targets Russian oil refinery ahead of Putin-Trump summit
Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil refinery and an apartment block in an overnight attack just hours before US President Donald Trump hosts his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin for a high-stakes summit in Alaska. Kyiv has targeted Russia's oil depots and refineries in long-range drone attacks in what it calls retaliatory strikes for Moscow's nightly barrages of Ukrainian cities and its energy grid. The Ukrainian military said Friday it hit a l…
One of Rosneft's largest oil facilities has been attacked overnight, according to Ukraine.
On the night of August 15, the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces, together with other units of the Defense Forces, attacked the Syzran refinery in the Samara region of Russia and the command post of the 132nd Motorized Rifle Brigade in occupied Yenakiievo.
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