Ukraine Drones Spark Fire at Russian Refinery as Fuel Crisis Worsens
Ukraine’s forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, early on Friday, with drones causing a fire at the facility, the Ukrainian General Staff said, as Ukraine continues to pound Russia’s refining infrastructure in a bid to worsen the Russian domestic fuel crisis. The Slavneft-YANOS refinery is one of Russia’s largest oil-refining enterprises and part of PJSC Slavneft.
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- Fact 1: The facility has the capacity to process about 15 million tons of oil per year, or around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd).
- Fact 2: Early this week, Ukrainian forces hit the 180,000-barrels-per-day Afipsky refinery in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar.
- Fact 3: The drone hits on refineries, including deep into Russian territory more than 1,000 miles from the border with Ukraine, have become a nearly daily occurrence.
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Ukraine’s forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Russia, early on Friday, with drones causing a fire at the facility, the Ukrainian General Staff said, as Ukraine continues to pound Russia’s refining infrastructure in a bid to worsen the Russian domestic fuel crisis. The Slavneft-YANOS refinery is one of Russia’s largest oil-refining enterprises and part of PJSC Slavneft.
The facility has the capacity to process about 15 million tons of oil per year, or around 300,000 barrels per day (bpd). The refinery produces gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen, lubricants, and other petroleum products. Ukraine, which has targeted the Slavneft-YANOS refinery several times in recent years, says that its fuels are supplying the Russian army.
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