Oil Refinery in Russia's Salavat Reportedly Burning After Attack
Ukraine said the strike damaged critical refining equipment and triggered a fire, as Kyiv intensifies attacks on facilities supplying Russia’s war effort.
- On Thursday, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Omsk Oil Refinery and Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat, triggering fires at both facilities located 2,500 km and 1,400 km from the Ukrainian border.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised in early October to intensify refinery attacks; the General Staff stated strikes aim to reduce Russia's military and economic potential.
- At the Omsk facility, drones damaged the ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude oil processing unit, which the Special Operations Forces described as the plant's most important installation with 8.4 million tons annual capacity.
- Omsk Region Governor Vitaly Khotsenko acknowledged drones reached the city's industrial hub, while Salavat administrator Marat Zagidullin reported debris sparked a fire but downplayed operational disruptions.
- Russian oil processing has fallen to two-decade lows, and defense officials warned these disruptions contribute to a fuel crisis complicating logistics for the Russian Armed Forces.
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Russian authorities have reported a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Omsk region, located about 2,500 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The information was reported by TASS, citing the governor of the region, Vitaly Khotsenko. “The air defense forces of the Russian Defense Ministry have repelled an enemy attack on our region. All regional emergency services have been put on high alert,” Khotsenko wrote. The governor urged resid…
The Ukrainian military has struck one of Russia's largest refineries, the military said. The refinery is located in Omsk, about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) from Ukraine, deep in Siberia, and is operated by Gazprom Neft. It is the same facility that was attacked last July. For his part, the governor of the Omsk region, Vitaly Khochenko, said a drone had hit an industrial zone, without giving further details. The General Staff of the Ukrainian …
Ukrainian FP-1 drones, flying over a distance of more than 2,500 kilometers, struck Russia's largest oil refinery in the Omsk region. Footage of the attack was published by the Exilenova+ Telegram channel, Militarnyi reported.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app, did not provide details about the impact of the attack.
Ukrainian drones are said to have flown more than 2500 kilometers to Siberia to target Russia's largest refinery. Now there are reports of fires.
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