The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) confirmed on Saturday, March 8, that drones attacked the Kirishnefteorgsintez oil refinery in the Leningrad region of the russian federation.
"On the night of March 8, a group of drones attacked the Kirishnefteorgsintez enterprise in the Kirishy district of the Leningrad region of russia," an intelligence source told the Ukrinform state news agency.
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According to Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, the attack damaged at least one of the enterprise's tanks. The DIU noted that Kirishnefteorgsintez is a significant enterprise in the Kremlin's oil refining industry and "participates in supplying the russian army." "Regardless of everything, the Main Defense Intelligence of Ukraine continues to dismantle the aggressor's hydrocarbon industry, depriving the russian military machine of its "blood supply system," the intelligence officers emphasized.
On the eve, the governor of the Leningrad region of the russian federation, Alexander Drozdenko, reported on the the attack on Kirishinefteorgsintez. He claimed that the drone debris damaged the external structure of one of the tanks.
According to the russian defense ministry, last night, air defense allegedly intercepted and destroyed 31 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles: 26 drones over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory, three UAVs over the territory of the Bryansk region, as well as one drone each over the territories of the Leningrad and Yaroslavl regions.
The attacked Kirishinefteorgsintez refinery is located more than 800 kilometers from the border with Ukraine and is one of the largest russian refineries. Its capacity The refinery's processing capacity is about 20.1 million tons of oil per year, making it the second largest refinery in the russian federation after Omsk. It specializes in the production of gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, and other petroleum products.
As Defense Express reported, earlier Defense Forces of Ukraine Successfully Hit Ryazan Oil Refinery. We also wrote, that Ukraine's Security Service Drones Halted Operations at Novovelichkovskaya Oil Pumping Station in russia's Krasnodar Region
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