A basic view reveals the oil refinery of the Lukoil business in Volgograd, Russia on April 22,2022
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Two Ukrainian drones struck a main oil processing center at the Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday in an operation performed by the SBU security service, a Ukrainian source informed Reuters.
Local authorities in Russia stated previously that a fire had actually been snuffed out at the big refinery following a drone attack. The refinery is owned by oil manufacturer Lukoil.
The strike is the most recent in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian oil centers in current weeks, facilities that Kyiv views as essential for the Kremlin’s war effort.
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The source in Kyiv informed Reuters such drone attacks would continue.
“By hitting oil refineries working for the Russian military-industrial complex, we not only cut off the logistics of fuel supplies for enemy equipment, but also reduce the filling of the Russian budget,” the source stated.
The range from the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv near the Russian border and the southern Russian city of Volgograd is more than 600 km.
Russia has actually been carrying out routine long-range rocket strikes on targets in Ukraine considering that the start of its full-blown intrusion, triggering Kyiv to rush for a method it can close the space on Moscow’s advanced military innovation.
It has actually looked for to stimulate development in drone innovation and to support the production of long-range drones to enable Ukraine to strike back.
