Ukraine claims overnight strikes on two Russian refineries

Ukrainian drone strikes caused explosions at two oil refineries in the Volga region on Saturday, the general staff of Ukraine said, the latest in a series of targeted oil infrastructure attacks deep in Russia. The army said on the Facebook page. The facilities are about 1100 kilometers and 1,800 km from Kyiv respectively. An additional strike occurred on a ‘a production station where oil with high and low-density of different fields is mixed to form the export grade oil-ural in the Samara region, according to the report. Russia did not confirm the latest incidents. Rosneft’s Press Service did not immediately respond to ‘NE -mail request for comments outside of ordinary working hours. Since last month, Ukrainian military forces have strengthened drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure, including oil refineries, as Kyiv is aimed at combating fuel supplies to the front lines and limiting Russia’s export revenue. While the refinery attacks were not confirmed, the governor of the Saratov region Roman Busargin in his telegram channel reported that a woman was admitted to hospital overnight and that windows were broken at two apartment buildings overnight. In the Samara region, the home of Novokiberbyevsk refinery, there was an attack on ‘oil-and-gas objects’ on Saturday morning, according to a local media report cited by Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. The Novocystshevsk plant has a design processing capacity of over 177,000 barrels of crude per day. The Saratov refinery can produce about 140,000 barrels per day. Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that it had intercepted 149 Ukrainian drones overnight, while the armed forces of Moscow launched 40 speed and ballistic missiles and about 580 drones in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in a post on X. With the help of Olesia Saphronova. © 2025 Bloomberg MP This article was generated from an automatic news agency feed without edits to text.