The overnight hours into early Sunday morning hours saw yet a third Russian refinery attacked by long-range Ukrainian drones since Ukraine abandoned a short-lived halt on energy site attacks.
Russia's Kstovo oil refinery is ablaze, becoming the third refinery hit in just three days. What's known as the "Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez" oil refinery and the adjacent Novogorkovskaya combined heat and power plant in the city of Kstovo were impacted.
The complex is Russia's fourth-largest refinery and its second-largest gasoline producer. Mulitple large fires reupted as a result of the strikes, across the industrial site.
"Residents in Kstovo began circulating footage of major blazes lighting up the skyline around 4:00 a.m. local time, reporting repeated loud detonations and low-flying drone engine sounds over the municipal industrial zone," regional media reports.
Many inbound UAVs were observed penetrating the region's air defenses, and images of dramatic scenes of large fires at the site quickly thereafter began ciculating.
Ukrainian media is acknwoledging and detailing the assault. Kyiv Post writes, "The installation manufactures high-octane automotive gasoline, diesel fuel, jet propulsion kerosene, bitumen, and specialized petroleum fractions utilized directly by Russian military logistics and heavy mechanized equipment."
Russia’s Kstovo oil refinery burns in multiple locations tonight, following a Ukrainian drone attack. This i
