Ukraine hits 'industrial' facility in the Saratov region in Russia

The Ukrainian drones hit an ‘industrial enterprise’ in the Saratov region in the southwest of Russia overnight, the local governor said, which caused temporary delays in the flight and killed at least one person in the area. The target was the great Saratov oil refinery according to the Ukrainian media and Russian telegram channels, in what would be the latest strike on a major Russian refinement business. Videos posted on Russian social media showed fires and clouds of black smoke in the vicinity of the Rosneft PJSC-managed refinery. The incident cannot be verified independently, and Ukrainian officials have not commented. Rosneft did not immediately respond to a request for comments on Sunday sent via WhatsApp. Governor Roman Busargin, in a telegram post, confirmed damage to an unspecified “industrial enterprise” near the Volla River, saying that emergency services are on the site. Interfax said flight restrictions were imposed and later lifted at Saratov Airport, referring to Russian Federal Air Transport Agency. The Saratov refinery, about 530 miles southeast of Moscow, has a design processing capacity of approximately 140,000 barrels of crude per day. With the Kremlin war against Ukraine almost halfway through the fourth year, Kyiv’s forces recently strengthened the hits on Russia’s energy infrastructure in a move to Moscow’s ability to send fuel to the front line and obtain income from oil sales. A week ago, Ukraine said it hit the Ryazan refinery, with a processing capacity of approximately 340,000 barrels of crude per day, and the Novocysteic plant in the Samara region, which has a design processing capacity of more than 177,000 barrels per day. The Ryazan facility, one of the country’s largest, has significantly reduced the oil intake since August 2 when the Ukrainian drones attacked the plant, Bloomberg reports. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that they had intercepted 121 Ukrainian drones overnight. Ukraine said it fired 80 of about 100 Russian drones. Two people died in the Russian attack in the Kherson region, Ukraine said. The exchange of fire comes days before a planned meeting in Alaska between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed at mediating an agreement to end the war in Ukraine. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine will not end the territory to Russia to end the war, and are supported by European leaders who promised continued support for the sovereignty of Ukraine. © 2025 Bloomberg MP This article was generated from an automatic news agency feed without edits to text.