Russia's Saratov oil refinery erupts In Flames
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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukraine's defence forces struck an oil refinery in the Russian city of Saratov.
Kyiv has stepped up its attacks on Russia's oil and gas facilities, arguing the energy sector is fuelling Moscow's invasion.
Ukraine’s military said it attacked the Rosneft PJSC’s Saratov oil refinery in southwestern Russia and an oil-pumping unit elsewhere, while local authorities reported overnight drone fires and attacks at undisclosed industrial facilities.
Ukrainian drones targeted a Russian oil refinery hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border, the latest in a campaign of deep strikes aimed at disrupting Russia’s oil industry. The May 31 overnight attacks on the facility in the central Saratov ...