General Staff confirms strike on Volgograd refinery: fuel for war is burning
Overnight into November 13, Ukrainian Defence Forces units struck the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery, which has an annual processing capacity of around 15 million tonnes of crude oil.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports this, according to Censor.NET.
What is known
The Volgograd oil refinery is described as one of the Russian army’s key "petrol stations" in the south. Fuel from the facility goes to the front and to airfields from which aircraft take off to strike Ukraine. The refinery produces petrol, diesel, and aviation fuel.
Results of the strike
A fire broke out at the facility. The AVT-1, AVT-3, AVT-5 and AVT-6 crude oil distillation units, a hydrotreating unit, a loading and unloading rack, and six storage tanks with a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres each were hit.
"However, every hour such a refinery stands idle means less diesel for tanks and trucks, less aviation kerosene for aircraft, and fewer oil roubles with which the aggressor manufactures instruments of killing – missiles, Shahed drones and explosives," the General Staff stresses.
Background
Earlier, media reported that strike drones attacked the Russian city of Volgograd on the evening of November 12. One of Russia’s largest oil refineries was on fire.
