Ukraine's General Staff details strike on Moscow Oil Refinery, reports hits on Buk-M3 and Nebo-U

Ukraine's General Staff has reported that three units at the Moscow Oil Refinery were damaged in an overnight strike. The defence forces also hit a Russian Buk-M3 air defence system, a Nebo-U radar station and a drone production site in occupied territory.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram

Details: The General Staff said the Moscow Oil Refinery in the Kapotnya district was hit on the night of 19-20 September. A major fire broke out at the facility.

The military said that the damaged equipment includes the AVT-6 crude oil distillation unit, a comprehensive oil processing unit and an isomerisation unit.

The Moscow Oil Refinery has an annual capacity of around 12 million tonnes of oil. The General Staff noted that the facility is involved in supplying the Russian armed forces.

In addition, the defence forces hit a Russian Buk-M3 air defence system near Ukrainka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and a Nebo-U radar station was hit near Balka in Donetsk Oblast on 19 September and on the night of 19-20 September.

A Russian drone production site was also hit near occupied Siverskodonetsk in Luhansk Oblast.

Background: Earlier, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that one of Russia's key oil industry plants in the Moscow region had been hit, without naming the specific facility.

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