Key refinery in south of Russia: Ukraine reveals details of overnight attack
Illustrative photo: Ilskyi oil refinery was attacked at night (Getty Images)
Overnight, the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai was attacked. It is one of the key refineries in the south of Russia, Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, reports.
The refinery's capacity is about 6.6 million tons of oil per year. It specializes in producing:
- fuel;
- fuel oil;
- bitumen;
- gas oil and other petroleum products.
"Its significance for the Russian army lies in supplying fuel for military equipment, especially in the southern region and on the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine," stated Kovalenko.
Also, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai was taken out of operation. It is the largest oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) which provides the main export of oil from Kazakhstan.
Attack on Russian oil refinery
During the full-scale war, Ukraine regularly strikes Russian oil refineries. The goal of these attacks is to exhaust the enemy's logistics and military economy.
As previously reported, Ukrainian drone strikes disabled the largest oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) on the territory of Russia, in Kropotkinskaya.
