(Bloomberg) — The Kirishi oil refinery, referred to as Kinef, within the Leningrad area was attacked by Ukrainian drones in a single day as Kyiv retains up the stress on Russian power and industrial amenities.
A fireplace brought on by falling drone particles has been extinguished and there have been no casualties, Alexander Drozdenko, the native governor, mentioned on Telegram.
Kinef, which is owned by Surgutneftegas, is considered one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, with an annual processing capability of over 20 million tons. It’s situated within the Kirishi district of Leningrad area, about 100 kilometers southeast of St. Petersburg and greater than 800 kilometers north of the Ukrainian border.
The final employees of Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed the assault on Telegram and mentioned the affect of the strike was being assessed.
Ukraine is working “systematically” to weaken Russia’s army and financial capabilities with a selected give attention to gasoline, weapons, and ammunition manufacturing, the final employees mentioned.
Individually, late Saturday the governor of Russia’s Perm area mentioned on Telegram {that a} drone attacked an unspecified industrial enterprise within the metropolis of Gubakha. There have been no casualties and the positioning continues to function usually, Governor Dmitry Makhonin mentioned.
Ukrainian lawmaker Oleksiy Honcharenko mentioned Sunday on Telegram, although, that drones struck and broken a brand new facility opened in 2023 on the Metafrax Chemical compounds plant in Gubakha, considered one of Russia’s largest methanol producers. The declare can’t be independently verified.
Gubakha is situated in Perm area within the Urals mountains, about 2,000 km from Kyiv and a few 1,700 km east of Moscow, as Ukraine continues to increase the vary of its drone strikes on power belongings and different targets deeper into Russia.
–With help from Olesia Safronova.
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