“According to local authorities, the target of the strike was “industrial enterprises of the Samara region” and “objects of the fuel and energy complex””, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
According to him, the target of the strike was “industrial enterprises of the Samara region” and “objects of the fuel and energy complex.”
The Astra Telegram channel, citing local residents, clarifies that the attack was on the Syzran Oil Refinery. This refinery was previously attacked on March 16, 2024 and February 18, 2025.
Officially, neither Russia nor Ukraine commented on the attack on the plant.
The governor of the Rostov region, Yuriy Slyusar, said that in Millerov, a city 200 kilometers north of Rostov-on-Don, an administrative building was damaged, and there are no reports of casualties.
Amid the attack, airports in Tambov, Penza, Saratov, Samara and Ulyanovsk suspended operations.
In the morning of November 22, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the destruction or interception of 69 drones, 15 of them over the Samara region, 16 over the Rostov region. The report does not specify how many drones failed to be shot down.
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Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks deep inside Russia, seeking to knock out oil refineries and pipelines and cripple Moscow’s biggest source of financing the war in Ukraine.
Most of the attacks were confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, stating that the Defense Forces of Ukraine “systematically implement measures aimed at reducing the combat potential of the Russian occupation forces, as well as at forcing the Russian Federation to stop armed aggression against Ukraine.”