Russia says Ukrainian drone attack kills one in its Samara region
- On Friday, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed strikes on two Russian oil refineries and a radar station, with one facility in the Rostov region suspending operations after the overnight drone attack.
- The Novoshakhtinsk refinery had halted operations a month prior after a previous drone strike, and ongoing air defense shortages have repeatedly exposed Russia's critical infrastructure to Ukrainian attacks.
- Russia's Defense Ministry claimed it intercepted 592 Ukrainian drones across Russia and Crimea between Thursday night and Friday morning, though independent reports confirmed multiple refineries sustained damage.
- Governor Yury Slyuser confirmed the Novoshakhtinsk refinery suspended operations after the strike, with satellite imagery showing large smoke plumes visible from the region.
- The strikes underscore Ukraine's capacity to disrupt Russian energy infrastructure despite Moscow's air defense claims, as fuel supply disruptions threaten to intensify economic pressure on Russia.
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The Ukrainian General Staff reported on Friday that its forces had shelled two oil refineries in Russia. In a statement posted on Telegram, the General Staff said that fires broke out at a refinery in the Perm region and a smaller oil processing plant in Novoshakhtinsk in the Rostov region of southern Russia following the attacks. Ukrainian President Zelenskyy confirmed that an oil refinery in Perm, in the Ural Mountains, 1,500 kilometers from U…
Ukraine says its strikes set fire to 2 Russian oil plants
Ukraine said it hit two more Russian oil refineries as the warring countries continue strikes against each other despite both sides earlier this week holding talks with the U.S., which wants targeting of energy assets to halt.
Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries in past day, Zelenskyy says
Ukraine hit two Russian oil refineries in the past day, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday.Zelenskiy said facilities had been struck in Bashkortostan and the Samara region, and that there had also been unspecified strikes
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The Independent (US)How Ukraine’s devastating attacks on Putin’s oil refineries brought the war to Russia
All but five of Russia’s 32 major oil refineries have been hit by Ukrainian drone attacks, costing the country an estimated $20bn. Experts tell Maira Butt that Zelensky has brought the reality of Putin’s invasion to the doorstep
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