Ukrainian drones strike major oil refinery deep inside Russia, setting it ablaze

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

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

Ukrainian drones knocked out the oil refinery in Orsk, forcing a complete shutdown, Orenburg Governor Yevgeny Solntsev said.

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.

This is the fourth refinery targeted in three days in Kyiv’s months-long campaign to choke Moscow’s vital oil sector

Ukraine has struck more than two dozen Wildberries facilities in the last month.

Ukraine has struck more than two dozen Wildberries facilities in the last month.

Ukrainian forces struck the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia’s Orenburg Oblast on Aug. 11, causing a fire at one of Russia’s major oil-processing facilities. The attack came as Ukrainian forces reported strikes on dozens of Russian military and energy targets across occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine.

A Ukrainian drone strike has killed at least 13 people and injured 75 others in Nizhnekamsk, a city in the Tatarstan region deep inside Russia, local authorities said Monday, marking the deadliest attack to hit the country in more than two years. Nizhnekamsk lies more than 600 miles (1,000 kilometers) east of Moscow an

AJ's Audrey MacAlpine reports from a secret launch site in eastern Ukraine, where soldiers prepare long-range drones.

Ukraine attacked the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk in central Russia’s Tatarstan region on Monday, killing 13 people and injuring 78 others, local authorities said, in one of the deadliest attacks in the country in the 4-year-old war.

Ukraine attacked a petroleum hub of in Tatarstan, killing 13 people and injuring 75 others, local authorities said.

At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone strike deep inside Russia  ITVX

At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, officials have said.

Authorities in Russia's Tatarstan region say a Ukrainian drone strike on the petroleum hub of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people and wounded 75 others in one of the deadliest attacks of the 4-year-old war

Ukrainian authorities said it was one of the deadliest attacks on Russia in the four-year-old war.

Ukrainian drone attack on an oil hub deep inside Russia kills 13, officials say  Toronto Star

Ukrainian drone attack on an oil hub deep inside Russia kills 13, officials say  AP News

A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 13 people, including a child, and wounded 48 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said.

The death toll is one of the highest among Russian civilians in recent months, as Ukraine seeks to disrupt Russia's oil supply.

A strike on an industrial center in Tatarstan marked one of the deadliest attacks on Russian territory since the start of the war.

A Ukrainian drone attack Monday on the Russian city of Nizhnekamsk killed 12 people and wounded 39 others, authorities in the Tatarstan region said.

Ukraine has targeted Russian oil facilities with long-range drones almost daily in recent months. The barrage has caused fuel shortages in Russia and unsettled the Russian public.