The Ukrainian armed forces said on Monday they had struck a Russian oil refinery in Ryazan, adding that multiple explosions and a large fire were observed at the site, Reuters and Ukrinform reported.
Ukrainian forces also struck the “Nebo-U“ radar station located on the occupied Crimean peninsula, a military train near the temporarily occupied city of Tokmak in Zaporizhia region and groups of Russian servicemen near Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian General Staff reported on “Facebook“.
Ryazan is located about 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow.
The refinery produces A-92/95/98/100 gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, liquefied gases and other petroleum products. It produces an average of 840,000 tons of aviation kerosene "TS-1" annually, which is used by the Russian Aerospace Forces.
Reuters makes the reservation that this message cannot be independently verified.
There has been no comment from the Russian side so far.
Earlier today, however, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that 64 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed overnight, 25 of which over the Ryazan region.
Yesterday, an operation was launched by the "Alpha" Special Operations Center of the Security Service of Ukraine, in which four launchers of the S-400 "Triumph" missile system were destroyed. and two radars in Novorossiysk, Ukrinform also reported.
On November 11, the oil refinery in the Russian city of Saratov stopped primary oil processing after Ukrainian drone attacks, Ukrinform recalls.
Ukraine regularly strikes Russian oil refineries with drones in order to reduce Moscow's ability to finance its large-scale invasion, which began in February 2022, Reuters notes.