Ukrainian forces carried out a nighttime drone assault on a Russian oil processing facility owned by Rosneft in the Samara region, according to statements from Ukraine’s military leadership and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday.
“Another Ukrainian long-range sanction against Russian oil refining – and we are continuing this line of action,” Zelenskiy wrote on the Telegram messaging platform.
“This time around, it was the Syzran oil refinery – more than 800 kilometers away from our border.”
The Ukrainian president shared video showing flames and thick smoke rising into the air from the targeted facility.
Regional authorities reported that two fatalities resulted from the drone assault on Syzran in the Samara region, though the local governor did not specify whether any infrastructure sustained damage during the operation.
According to Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, the strike ignited a significant blaze at the oil processing plant, which has the capability to refine between 7 and 8.9 million tons of crude oil annually.
Robert Brovdi, who leads Ukraine’s drone operations, stated this marked the 11th Russian petroleum facility that Ukrainian forces have struck during the month of May.
