Ukrainian drones strike oil refinery and pumping station in Russia's Perm again – photos

Drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) have struck Russian oil infrastructure near the city of Perm, located over 1,500 km from Ukraine, for the second time in two nights.

Source: Security Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Today the Lukoil Perm Refinery (Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez) is burning… Early reports indicate that the AVT-4 unit – a key component of primary oil refining – has been hit at the refinery. As a result of the strike, the vacuum and atmospheric oil distillation towers caught fire. Their damage effectively puts the unit out of operation."

Details: The SSU also struck the Perm linear production and dispatch station, which supplies oil to the Lukoil Perm Refinery.

For reference: The Lukoil Perm Refinery is one of Russia's largest oil refineries, with a capacity of nearly 13 million tonnes per year, supplying fuel to both the civilian sector and Russian armed forces.

Background:

• On the night of 29-30 April, explosions were heard in Dzerzhinsk in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, after which smoke was seen rising in the area of an explosives plant. Explosions were also heard in Perm.
• On the night of 28-29 April, drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha struck the Perm linear production and dispatch station, located more than 1,500 km from the border with Ukraine. The attack caused a major fire at the oil pumping station. According to satellite imagery, at least two fuel storage tanks caught fire.

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