Russia's largest oil refinery hit by drones 2,500 km from Ukraine – videos
Unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia's largest oil refining facility, on the evening of 11 November.
Source: The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based news outlet; Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+
Details: Local residents reported that the facility had been hit and described loud explosions that rattled windows in residential buildings. The drone attack and explosions continued for more than two hours.
Mina Akhverdieva, a spokesperson for the governor, said mobile coverage and internet access had been restricted in Omsk. Air-raid sirens sounded across the city, and the local airport suspended arrivals and departures.
The Omsk Oil Refinery is owned by Kremlin-controlled Gazprom Neft and is Russia's largest refinery, with a design capacity of 22 million tonnes of oil a year.
Official data indicates that the refinery supplies fuel to Russian forces and produces one in every six litres of petrol and diesel that meet Russia's K5 environmental standard.
The Omsk Oil Refinery is located approximately 2,500 km from the border with Ukraine.
Background:
- On 6 July, Ukrainian drones previously attacked the Omsk Oil Refinery, after which the facility temporarily suspended its operations.
- On the afternoon of 8 October, the Ukrainian defence forces struck the Omsk Oil Refinery again.
- On 24 October, UAVs struck facilities in Omsk's "northern industrial hub". Fires broke out at the Omsky Kauchuk plant, which produces raw materials for Russian rocket fuel, and at a large warehouse operated by online marketplace Ozon.
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