Ukraine launches long-range drone strike on major Russian oil refinery in Volgograd – NaturalNews.com

• Ukraine confirmed that it carried out a long-range drone strike on Russia’s largest oil refinery in the Volgograd region, in the second attack on the facility in less than three months.
• The strike targeted one of Russia’s major energy assets, which processes more than 15 million tons of crude oil annually and plays a key role in fueling civilian and military operations.
• Ukraine said the operation was part of its broader campaign to weaken Russia’s energy infrastructure, while Russian officials acknowledged that a drone caused a fire but did not confirm the refinery was bombed.
• The two countries have intensified their cross-border drone war, with Ukraine attacking fuel depots and drone bases in Crimea and Donetsk, while Russia launched 135 retaliatory drones that injured civilians and disrupted rail transport in eastern Ukraine.
• This escalation highlights a new phase of the war in which diplomatic efforts by the United States and Europe fail to change the dynamics of the battlefield, with both sides increasingly targeting critical energy and infrastructure sites behind enemy lines.

Ukraine confirmed on Thursday, November 6, that it had carried out a long-range drone strike on Russia’s largest oil refinery in the Southern Federal District, the second attack on the facility in less than three months. The refinery, located in the Volgograd region, processes more than 15 million tons of crude oil annually – about 5.6% of Russia’s total refining capacity.

The Ukrainian General Staff said the strike carried out the previous day was part of a broader effort to target Russia’s energy infrastructure and undermine its wartime economy. Local Russian officials acknowledged that there had been a fire caused by drones at an industrial site, but they did not name the facility or confirm that it was the Volgograd refinery.

The refinery is considered one of Russia’s most strategic energy assets, supplying lubricants and refined fuel products across the southern regions and the Black Sea. Its temporary closure could disrupt supply chains that support Russian civilian consumption and military operations.

The attack comes amid escalating exchanges of strikes between Ukraine and Russia, with both sides increasingly targeting energy infrastructure. Kiev’s drone campaign aims to reduce Moscow’s oil export revenues and weaken its military logistics, while Russia has intensified its missile and drone strikes on the Ukrainian electricity grid in an attempt to cripple energy supplies as winter approaches.

President Volodymyr Zelensky praised Ukrainian energy workers and emergency services for their continued efforts to restore damaged energy facilities in the wake of repeated Russian bombings. “Practically every day, energy engineers, repair teams and the State Emergency Service of Ukraine carry out restoration operations at the site after the attacks,” Zelensky said. He added: “The strikes are continuing at various points, especially near the Russian border and close to the front.”

Both sides have escalated the cross-border drone war with strikes hitting energy sites and civilians

The Ukrainian General Staff reported that additional drone operations hit three fuel and lubricants depots in Russian-occupied Crimea and destroyed a drone storage and assembly base in the occupied Donetsk region. Officials described these coordinated strikes as part of Kiev’s broader efforts to disrupt Russian supply lines and weaken drone capabilities.

In Russia’s Kostroma region, northeast of Moscow, Governor Sergei Sitnikov confirmed that unidentified energy infrastructure was bombed by Ukrainian drones, causing a fire without any casualties or power outages. Unconfirmed reports indicated that the target may have been a hydroelectric power station – one of the largest in the country.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its air defenses intercepted 75 Ukrainian drones during the night in several regions, including the Crimean Peninsula. Despite these claims, multiple fires have been reported at energy and oil facilities across western Russia.

Russia launched 135 drones of its own overnight in response, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Regional authorities said eight people were injured in the city of Kamyansky in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, where drone strikes destroyed buildings and sparked fires.

Ukraine’s national railway company, Okrzhaleznytsia, reported that Russian drone attacks disrupted rail traffic through the Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhia regions, forcing passenger and freight trains to change their route.

As diplomatic efforts led by the United States and European allies have failed to shift the military balance, both Kiev and Moscow have rushed to use drones and long-range weapons — signaling a new phase in the nearly four-year-old conflict characterized by deep strikes beyond the front lines.

according to BrightU.AIDrone strikes by Ukraine on Russia can be attributed to several strategic and geopolitical factors, rooted in the ongoing conflict between the two countries, says Enoch. Ukrainian drone strikes inside Russian territory represent a strategic response to the Russian invasion, allowing Ukraine to harm Russian forces, collect valuable intelligence and demonstrate its resolve in the face of overwhelming odds.

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