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Yahoo
15-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Drones attack Russia overnight: explosions near oil refinery, industrial facility catches fire
Unidentified drones attacked the Russian cities of Rostov, Novomoskovsk and Engels on the night of 14-15 February. An industrial facility caught fire in Russia's Kaluga Oblast. Moreover, an oil refinery in Volgograd was hit by a drone. Source: Meduza, a Latvia-based Russian media outlet; video posted by Russians on social media Details: Seven Russian airports were reported to have temporarily suspended operations at night due to the attack by Ukrainian drones. These are the airports of Astrakhan, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Grozny, Kaluga, Saratov and Ulyanovsk. Andrei Bocharov, the governor of Volgograd Oblast, wrote that the wreckage of one of the drones fell on the roof of a residential building and injured one person. Vladislav Shapsha, the governor of Kaluga Oblast, said that a fire broke out on the territory of an industrial company after the UAV crashed. The Russian Ministry of Defence reported that 40 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russian territory overnight. 17 of them were targeting Volgograd Oblast, 12 – Kaluga Oblast, 9 – Rostov Oblast and 2 – Saratov Oblast. Support UP or become our patron!
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia claims 36 Ukrainian drones downed, oil refinery attacked
An oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast was among the targets of a Ukrainian overnight drone strike on Feb. 8, Russian local authorities claimed. Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that 36 Ukrainian drones had been shot down by air defense. These include 18 drones over Rostov Oblast, 11 over Volgograd Oblast, five over Belgorod Oblast, and two over Krasnodar Krai. Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrei Bocharov said on Telegram on Feb. 8 that the air defense had intercepted a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil refinery in the Kumylzhenskaya District, over 200 kilometers northwest of Volgograd. Bocharov said no fire had erupted from the falling debris, and no casualties or damage were reported. Despite being on the back foot on the front line, Ukrainian troops have begun to actively strike deep into Russia using their homemade drones, often targeting military sites, oil refineries, and air fields. Read also: Ukrainian drones strike deeper into Russia, aiming to break war machine, sow discontent We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
Yahoo
08-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russia claims drone attack on oil transfer station in their Volgograd Oblast
Drones attacked an oil transfer station in the Kumylzhensky district, Russia's Volgograd Oblast, on the night of 7-8 February. Source: Russian media outlets with reference to Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrei Bocharov Details: Bocharov, as the Russian authorities usually do, claimed that the drone attack on the oil transfer station in the Kumylzhensky district was "repelled". He said there had been no fire or casualties. Background: Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces, together with Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and other components of Ukraine's defence forces, launched an attack on the LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on the night of 30-31 January. Russian media outlets reported that a fire broke out at the Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd in Russia following an explosion on the night of 14-15 January. In 2024, the Volgograd refinery was attacked twice by Ukrainian drones, on 3 February and 11 May. Support UP or become our patron!
The Independent
31-01-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Ukraine launches second major drone attack against Russian oil refineries in a week
Ukraine has launched its second major drone attack in a week against Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its borders. Drone strikes were reported by local officials across seven Russian regions as footage appeared on social media showing explosions and fires at the Lukoil refinery in the southern Volgograd area. It is more than 260 miles from the nearest Ukrainian forces. Intelligence sources said the refinery had been hit by four Ukrainian drones, causing 'significant damage'. The Ukrainian military, claiming responsibility for the strike in partnership with the country's intelligence services, said the refinery was 'involved in supplying the Russian army'. Volgograd governor Andrei Bocharov acknowledged the attack but claimed all the drones had been shot down. He added that the debris from one of the downed drones had struck the facility and caused a small fire that was 'promptly extinguished'. He added that one refinery worker was hospitalised. In the Smolensk region west of Moscow, governor Vasily Anokhin claimed there had been a "massive drone attack" on civilian infrastructure. He said one drone was intercepted while attempting to strike a nuclear energy facility. Nearby, air defences also destroyed several drones around the town of Andreapol, home to approximately 8,000 people, in the Tver region, according to the local governor. Russia 's defence ministry said in a statement on Friday that 49 Ukrainian drones had been downed over the country overnight, including 25 in the southern Rostov region and eight in the Volgograd region. Ukraine has targeted the Lukoil refinery in Volgograd before. Last May, an early morning drone strike claimed by Ukraine's intelligence services caused a fire in some of the facility's oil processing units. It is also the second time the refinery has been affected by fires this month. In the early hours of 15 January, an explosion and then fire broke out in the area due to what local authorities claimed was an internal issue. At the start of the year, Ukraine's intelligence services also conducted a cyberattack on Lukoil, which is one of Russia's largest oil and gas companies, preventing customers from making payments at gas stations via the mobile app. Ukraine has carried out frequent air attacks on Russian refineries, oil depots and industrial sites in an attempt to cripple key infrastructure underpinning Russia's war effort. More than a dozen refineries have been hit in the past two months, many of which are located hundreds of miles inside Russia. This week, Ukrainian forces claimed to have struck and set on fire a Lukoil refinery, Russia's fourth largest, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, east of Moscow. A Ukrainian drone attack last week also forced a refinery in Ryazan, southeast of Moscow, to suspend operations. Russia is currently feeding more crude oil through its refineries in the hope of boosting fuel exports after new US sanctions on Russian tankers and traders made exports of unprocessed crude more difficult, sources told Reuters this week. Elsewhere, the Ukrainian military said on Friday its missile and artillery forces had hit a Russian army command post in the Russian region of Kursk – where Ukraine is trying to hold a swathe of territory taken in two surprise offensives in the past few months – as a part of its effort to disrupt Moscow's troops operations and logistics. "As a result of the coordinated and precision strike, the enemy's command and control post was destroyed," the general staff said on Telegram. Meanwhile, Russia launched a barrage of drones on Ukraine in an overnight attack on Friday, injuring four people and damaging a hospital and a grain warehouse in the southern Odesa region, officials said. Ukraine's air defences shot down 59 of 102 Russian drones, the air force said. It said that 37 drones were 'lost', referring to the use of electronic warfare to redirect them. Russian drones damaged the northeastern Sumy region, the Odesa region in the south, and the central Cherkasy region. Oleh Kiper, the Odesa regional governor, said that four civilians, including a doctor, were injured in drone attacks targeting the city of Chornomorsk. The strikes also partially disrupted electricity supplies in the city and damaged the city's hospital, an administrative building, a grain warehouse, a residential house, and several trucks, he said on the Telegram app.
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine's General Staff confirms strike on Lukoil refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast
Units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' Unmanned Systems Forces (USF), together with Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and other components of Ukraine's defence forces, launched an attack on the LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on the night of 30-31 January. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Details: The refinery is among the top ten largest in Russia by design capacity and plays a crucial role in supplying the occupying forces. There have been reports of flashes and explosions in the area. The extent of the damage is still being confirmed. Quote: "Attacks on strategic infrastructure, which directly impacts the Russian Armed Forces' ability to sustain combat operations against Ukraine, will continue." For reference: LLC LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery is the largest producer of petroleum products in Russia's Southern Federal District, with a plant capacity of 14.8 million tonnes. Background: Earlier, Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrei Bocharov reported that Ukrainian drones allegedly attacked an oil refinery and an oil depot in Volgograd. Russian authorities claimed that falling drone wreckage caused a fire at the oil refinery. Andrii Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council, confirmed the strike on the oil refinery, the sixth-largest in Russia. The refinery produces petrol, diesel fuel, fuel oil, and aircraft fuel. Russian media outlets reported that a fire broke out at the Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd in Russia following an explosion on the night of 14-15 January. In 2024, the Volgograd refinery was attacked twice by Ukrainian drones, on 3 February and 11 May. Support UP or become our patron!
