Ukraine Strikes Lukoil's Volgograd Refinery as Drone Attacks Resume
Ukraine said the strike set off a fire at one of Russia’s largest refineries, which can process about 300,000 barrels of crude a day.
- On Friday, the Security Service of Ukraine targeted the Volgograd refinery, a major facility operated by Lukoil PJSC, with Ukraine's General Staff confirming the attack resulted in a fire at the site.
- Kyiv has intensified attacks on Russian refineries throughout this year, driving the country's crude processing rates to multiyear lows and contributing to a nationwide fuel shortage this summer.
- NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System satellite imagery detected several fires at the site, which has a design processing capacity of about 300,000 barrels of crude daily.
- Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed a fire at an industrial facility following a mass drone attack on Friday, though he did not identify the specific location.
- Repeatedly targeted by Ukraine, the Volgograd refinery had only recently restored throughput, making further strikes a threat to Russia's already strained fuel supplies this summer.
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