Russia burns as devastating drone strike tears through oil depot and w | World | News

One night, the drone strike, Russia’s Volgograd’da an oil refinery by hitting both oil spill and fire, regional Governor Andrey Bocharov said on August 14, US President Donald Trump was preparing to meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska.

Buchorov said: “Overnight, the Russian Defense Ministry air defenses sprayed a large -scale UAV attack on Volgograd Oblast. The debris from Down Drons caused the leakage and ignition of petroleum products in Volgograd oil refinery. Fire teams immediately started to extinguish.” Boocharov said the first reports showed that they were not missing.

. Kyiv Independent During the publication, he could not confirm these allegations independently.

The Volgograd Refinery, which was run by Russian oil giant Lukoil, was repeatedly shot during the full -scale war.

Russian sales points and authorities reported the attack there in February and March 2025.

Ukrainian general personnel accepted a strike to the factory in January.

Ukraine often performs long -range drone strikes on Russian industry and military infrastructure.

The refineries who strengthen Moscow’s war efforts are often chosen in these attacks.

According to the media accounts, three Russian refineries reduced or stopped production this month due to Ukrainian drone damage. Bloomberg said that a Rosneft site in Saratov Oblast stopped the purchase of oil after August 10 strikes.

Russia’s Ryazan plant has been reduced by half, while the Novokuibyshevsk refinery completely stopped operations on August 2.