Ukraine drone strikes on major Russian oil refinery 800 miles from the border sparks fire

Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days

The attacks have dented Russia’s refining capacity. Kyiv officials say the onslaught seeks to compel Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek a peace deal.

Russia is one of the world’s biggest energy producers, with oil providing an economic mainstay as its army tries to push deeper into Ukraine in a slow and costly advance more than four years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.

Ukrainian drones have struck a major refinery deep inside Russia, marking the fourth attack in three days

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Several Ukrainian drones struck a plant in Russia’s Tyumen region on Monday, Governor Alexander Moor confirmed.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) struck the Tobolskneftekhim petrochemical plant in Russia’s Tyumen region on Monday, Aug. 10, damaging a unit that produces materials critical to Russia’s military-industrial complex. Tobolskneftekhim is Russia’s largest petrochemical plant in western Siberia, located roughly 1,370 mil