Ukraine stated it hit a small oil refinery in southern Russia, the third assault this month on its foe’s fuel-producing business.
Explosions had been recorded on the territory of the Slavyansk facility after Ukrainian drones struck it in a single day and hit “parts of a main crude processing unit”, the Normal Employees in Kyiv stated in a Telegram assertion. The size of harm of the ability, which is concerned in supplying Russian navy forces, is being clarified, it added.
Bloomberg couldn’t independently confirm the declare. Slavyansk ECO, the operator of the refinery, didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark. The refinery is within the Krasnodar area, close to Ukraine.
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Kyiv and Moscow proceed to commerce strikes on power infrastructure at the same time as Ukrainian, Russian and US delegations held talks final week aiming at ending the Kremlin’s conflict on its neighbor that’s about to enter a fifth yr.
Ukraine has diminished the depth of assaults on Russian refineries thus far this yr with the three focused in January evaluating with 11 of them in December. Kyiv has additionally gone after ports and tankers dealing with Moscow’s oil.
On the identical time Russia has intensified strikes on Ukraine’s energy sector, leaving a whole lot of 1000’s of individuals with out heating, water and electrical energy amid freezing temperatures.
Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, and different cities are dashing to revive energy after big Russian air-strikes over the weekend brought about widespread outages, at the same time as peace talks had been underway within the United Arab Emirates.
The Slavyansk refinery processed a mean 467,000 tons of crude a month within the first half of 2025, in keeping with its monetary report. That equates to nearly 115,000 barrels a day primarily based on the 7.33 barrels-per-ton conversion fee.
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