The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has confirmed a strike on a strategic oil refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast. The military leadership reported that Ukraine's Naval Forces and Security Service (SBU), in cooperation with other defense forces, targeted infrastructure and production facilities at Novoshakhtinsk Oil Products Plant overnight on 19 December.
Drones strike last operational oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov Oblast
According to the General Staff, the facility is the only operational oil refinery in Rostov Oblast and supplies fuel to Russian Armed Forces. The military statement noted that the plant specializes in producing fuel oil, furnace fuel, marine and diesel fuel, and straight-run gasoline, with a design processing capacity of 7.5 million tons of crude oil annually.
The General Staff confirmed a fire at the facility's ELOU-AVT-2.5 catalytic cracking unit. Such units are the main production facilities at oil refineries, directly responsible for separating crude oil into fractions. Military officials added that detailed information about the strike's consequences is being clarified.
In their statement, the General Staff emphasized that defense forces continue taking measures to undermine Russia's military-economic potential and force Russia to end its armed aggression against Ukraine.
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