“According to Kovalenko, the refinery of this level plays an important role for the army of the Russian Federation in the provision of fuel, as well as part of the logistics of Russian troops”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
Governor of Samara region Vyacheslav Fedoryshchev, reported the attack “one of the Sizran industrial enterprises”. According to him, Russian air defense was eliminated drones. There are no dead and victims.
Russian telegrams channels reported that explosions were heard near the refinery in the city-there began a fire.
The head of the Center for Combating Misinformation (CPD) Andriy Kovalenko recalled that in February, the oil refinery in Sisan had already stopped his work after the attack.
“It has a processing capacity of 8.9 million tons of oil per year, which makes it one of the average of refinery in the Russian Federation. Its products include fuel, aviation kerosene and bitumen. In 2015, the plant completely switched to the production of Euro-5 products. He processes oil from Western Siberia and Samara region, ”Kovalenko wrote.
He also added that the refinery of this level plays an important role for the army of the Russian Federation in the provision of fuel, as well as part of the logistics of Russian troops.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that 18 Ukrainian drones were killed over Russia. According to the department, 10 drones were shot in the Rostov region, three in the Voronezh region, one at one in Kursk, Belgorod and Astrakhan regions, two more – above the territory of Samara region.
Since the beginning of 2024, Russian refineries have regularly affected Ukrainian drones. In some plants, the primary oil processing installations that demanded repair were obtained. However, in April last year, Russia was able to partially restore the capacity of key refineries.
According to the estimates of the BBC, published in August 2024, since the beginning of that year, the Armed Forces have at least 64 times attacked by refinery and oil infrastructure in Russia.