Drones attack Syzran oil refinery in Russia
Russia’s Samara Oblast was attacked by drones, and a local oil refinery was hit, as reported by regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
Emergency services and rescue teams worked at the refinery overnight. According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
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View in Telegram.Locals told the Telegram channel Mash that at approximately 2:45 a.m. on February 19, they heard at least three explosions. A fire broke out in the area shortly after.
The Russian Defense Ministry claimed the shooting down of three UAVs over Bryansk Oblast, one over the Republic of Tatarstan, and four over the Black Sea. Another drone was downed over Tula Oblast.
As Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, points out, the Syzran Oil Refinery has a processing capacity of 8.9 million tons of oil per year, making it one of the medium-sized refineries in the Russian Federation.
Products include fuel, aviation kerosene, and bitumen. They process oil from Western Siberia and Samara Oblast.
For the Russian army, refineries of this level play an important role in providing fuel and are part of the logistics of the troops, says Kovalenko.