Ukraine's General Staff reports strike on key fuel supplier of Russian forces – video

Units of Ukraine's defence forces struck the Volgograd oil refinery, which has an annual processing capacity of around 15 million tonnes of oil, on the night of 12-13 November.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Telegram; Special Operations Forces

Quote from the General Staff: "The Volgograd oil refinery is one of the key fuel suppliers for the Russian army in the south. Fuel from here goes to the front line and to airfields from which aircraft take off to launch strikes on Ukraine. The refinery produces petrol, diesel and aviation fuel."

Details: According to the Ukrainian military, a fire broke out at the facility. The primary oil refining units AVT-1, AVT-3, AVT-5 and AVT-6, a hydrotreating unit, a loading and unloading rack, and six storage tanks with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres each were hit.

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

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