Ukraine's military struck the Bashneft-Novoil and Slavneft-Yanos oil refineries in long-range drone attacks on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The Yaroslavl region's governor called it the area's largest-ever drone attack, and falling debris hit storage tanks at Slavneft-Yanos as a fire broke out there. The strikes add to pressure on Russia's domestic fuel supply, which has already prompted nationwide petrol-sale restrictions.
Ukraine's military struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its border in long-range drone attacks on Thursday, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
Forces hit the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan and the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Yaroslavl region, according to Zelenskyy. Slavneft-Yanos sits about 170 miles (274 kilometers) northeast of Moscow and ranks among Russia's biggest oil refineries; Ukraine's military has targeted it before.
Yaroslavl region reports its largest-ever drone attack
Governor Mikhail Evraev said the region faced its largest-ever drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare destroying 93 drones. Falling debris hit the refinery's storage tanks, Evraev said via Telegram, and emergency crews worked to extinguish a fire. No one was killed, though four people sustained injuries, Evraev added.
Refinery scale and Russia's fuel squeeze
The Yaroslavl refinery employs more than 3,500 people and produces about 15 million tons of crude oil each year, according to its website, supplying fuel for cars, jet fuel, and other oil products. Russia, one of the world's largest oil producers, has introduced nationwide restrictions on petrol sales as strikes on refineries, depots, and logistics squeeze domestic supply.
Strikes tied to Russia's oil revenue
In a social media post, Zelenskyy said Ukraine's long-range sanctions "worked to limit Russia’s oil revenues, which it uses to finance the war".
Source: CNBC
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