Drones attack Volgograd oil refinery: Russians queue for fuel – photo, video

The Russian city of Volgograd and Volgograd Oblast came under a large-scale drone attack on the night of 12-13 November. The attack has caused a fire at a local oil refinery.

Source: Exilenova+ Telegram channel; Volgograd Oblast Governor Andrei Bocharov; Russian media outlet Astra

Details: Monitoring Telegram channels reported that drones had struck the Volgograd oil refinery, causing a large fire in the industrial zone.

Further explosions were subsequently heard in the immediate vicinity of the facility.

Meanwhile, Bocharov confirmed the drone attack. He said falling UAV debris had caused several localised fires at an industrial facility in southern Volgograd.

According to Astra, local residents have reported queues at petrol stations following the overnight drone attack as well as a fire at the Lukoil oil refinery.

Videos and photos showing queues for fuel have appeared on social media. The queues are said to have started forming at petrol stations amid the drone attack, which is still ongoing.

For reference: The Volgograd oil refinery is one of Russia's largest oil refineries and is owned by Lukoil.

The refinery has been operating since 1957 and has a processing capacity of approximately 14.8 million tonnes of oil per year. It produces petrol, diesel and aviation fuel, fuel oil, petroleum coke, bitumen and base oils. The Volgograd refinery supplies petroleum products to southern Russia.

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