US EditionUkrainian drones strike a major Russian gas plant
- On Sunday, Ukrainian drones attacked the Orenburg gas processing plant, damaging part and causing a workshop fire, while governor Yevgeny Solntsev said no employees were hurt.
- Since August, Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russian energy infrastructure to disrupt petrol supplies and deprive Moscow of funding, with no immediate comment on the Orenburg strike.
- The Orenburg facility is part of a gas chemical complex that includes Gazprom production sites with an annual capacity of 45 billion cubic metres and processes condensate from the Orenburg oil and gas condensate field and Kazakhstan's Karachaganak field.
- Russia's Defence Ministry said its air defences shot down 45 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 12 over Samara, 11 over Saratov and one over Orenburg, while Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, governor of Samara region, said the local airport and mobile internet services were temporarily suspended.
- The incident fits a pattern of escalating attacks on Russian energy sites as Ukraine has previously tried to strike a Samara-region oil refinery amid diplomatic strain involving Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump.
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A gas plant is burning in Orenburg: Ukraine's drone attacks mark a new phase in the war against Russia's economy. Putin is under pressure.
Ukrainian forces launched another attack on Russian energy infrastructure on Sunday night, hitting refineries in the Samara region and the Orenburg gas processing plant, the Ukrainian General Staff said. The extent of the damage caused by the October attacks on the Feodosia oil refinery in Crimea has also been revealed.
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