Ukraine Attacks Russia’s Second-Largest Oil Refinery

Darwin, November 10: Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Russia’s second-largest oil refinery, KirishiNefteOrgSintez (KINEF). The attack damaged three major oil processing units at the facility and triggered a large fire, according to EuroNews.

On Monday (November 9), Ukrainian drones struck the KINEF refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region. Regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Russian air defence systems had intercepted 113 drones targeting the region. However, debris from one drone struck the roof of a multi-storey residential building in the city of Vsevolozhsk, killing one resident.

KINEF is the largest oil refinery in northwestern Russia and the country’s second-largest after the Omsk refinery. Owned by the Surgutneftegas Group, the facility processes approximately 18 million tonnes of crude oil annually, accounting for around 7 percent of Russia’s total refining capacity.

The refinery produces petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen and petrochemical products. It also supplies aviation fuel to Pulkovo Airport in St. Petersburg. The facility has a designed annual refining capacity of 20 to 21 million tonnes.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had intercepted 430 Ukrainian drones overnight across 14 Russian regions and Russian-occupied Crimea. However, EuroNews said it could not independently verify the claim.

Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Ukraine have continued. Ukraine’s Air Force said Russian forces launched 317 drones since Monday evening, including 105 jet-powered drones. Other drones included models identified as Banderol, Dan-T and Gerbera, as well as decoy drones. Ukrainian forces reportedly intercepted 276 of them. Drone strikes were recorded at 31 locations, while debris fell at nine other sites.

On Monday morning, a drone attack on a food warehouse in the city of Odesa killed three people and seriously injured another.

Russian attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region killed two people and injured seven others. Overnight attacks on the Kharkiv region on Tuesday left nine people, including a child, injured.

In Zaporizhzhia city and surrounding areas, six people, including a child, were injured in the attacks. In Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, a drone strike injured seven people, including a 16-year-old teenager. The attack also destroyed a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities.

Additionally, three employees of the electricity sector were injured when Russian forces struck a vehicle in the Sumy region.

Source: EuroNews