Ukraine's General Staff confirms strikes on five of Russia's largest oil refineries in two weeks

Ukraine's General Staff has confirmed that the defence forces have struck the Omsk, Kirishi, Ryazan, Nizhny Novgorod and Yaroslavl oil refineries since 30 October. These are the five largest refineries in Russia.

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

Details: Smaller facilities that are no less important to the Russians, the Novokuybyshevsk and Saratov refineries, were also hit. The defence forces are systematically disabling Russia's oil refining capacity, the General Staff said.

On 11 November, a fire broke out at a major Russian oil refinery that supplies fuel for the war against Ukraine every day.

The results of strikes on the Kirishi and Saratov refineries have also been confirmed.

The Kirishi refinery in Leningrad Oblast was struck on the night of 8-9 November. The refinery has an installed capacity of around 20 million tonnes of oil per year and accounts for more than 6% of Russia's total oil refining. It produces a wide range of petroleum products, including fuel for Russian forces. The strike damaged the atmospheric distillation unit, the crude oil primary processing unit and two cooling units.

Earlier, on 7 November, the Saratov Oil Refinery was struck. The facility, with a capacity of around seven million tonnes of oil per year, serves the needs of Russia's military-industrial complex and armed forces. The strike damaged the plant's only primary oil processing unit, the AVT-6, two fuel hydrotreatment units, pipelines and a 10,000-cubic-metre storage tank, which caught fire. The facility has suspended operations.

Quote: "Strikes on primary oil processing units reduce fuel production for the Russian army and cut the revenues Russia uses to finance the war.

Distance no longer provides protection: whether in Siberia or in Russia's closer regions, Ukrainian soldiers can reach the enemy wherever it is building its war machine.

The defence forces, exercising their right to self-defence guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter, will continue to take systematic measures to compel Russia to end its armed aggression against Ukraine."

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