“The General Staff of the Armed Forces also confirmed the defeat of two enterprises, noting that both objects are “producers of a large amount of fuel for the Russian army””, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
It is about the Volgograd oil refining plant “Lukoil-Volgogradnafrobok” and Astrakhansky gas processing plant.
“Both affected objects are large fuel producers for the Russian army. The Volgograd Refinery processes almost 6% of all oil in the Russian Federation, and Astrakhan GPZ is one of the key energy facilities of the Russian Federation, which processes 12 billion gas condensate annually, ”the source said.
The interlocutor added that at the Volgograd plant, the drones of the SBU and SCO were struck by the torch economy, the installations of primary processing №2 and # 3, as well as technological installations №20 and №21. The Astrakhan GPZ damaged the gas condensate processing complex – there is “a fire continues, the work of the plant was stopped, the workers were evacuated.”
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The source of Radio Liberty has specified that it is the fifth since the beginning of 2025 a successful attack of the Security Service on Russian refineries and other enterprises operating on the military-industrial complex and producing fuel for the army of the Russian Federation.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces also confirmed the defeat of two enterprises last night, noting that both strategic objects “are producers of a large amount of fuel for the Russian occupation army.”
“According to preliminary data, the plant in the Volgograd region, in particular, damaged the installation of primary processing. At Astrakhan GPZ, a fire is ongoing, the work of the enterprise is stopped. The results of the lesion and the scale of the damage are specified, ”the command added.
On the night of February 3, drones attacked fuel and energy facilities in the Astrakhan and Volgograd regions of Russia.
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The Russian authorities reported the attacks of drones, in particular, in the Volgograd, Astrakhan and Voronezh region on the night of February 3. Also the head
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported the destruction of 70 drones, in particular, over the Volgograd, Astrakhan and Voronezh regions at night against February 3. The head of the Astrakhan region declared an attempt to attack the Fuel and Energy Objects in the region. The governor of the Volgograd region of the Russian Federation also argued that because of the fall of the fragments of drones, local ignition emerged in the territory of the refinery.
Recently, drones of drones on oil refineries in Russia have increased. Kyiv confirms involvement in part of them. These blows are likely to be part of an attempt to reduce fuel supply to the Russian military and could reduce export revenues that Moscow uses to finance war.