Ukraine intensified its campaign against Russian infrastructure, launching drone attacks on Lukoil's Volgograd refinery and a key oil-pumping complex in the Samara region. According to Ukraine's General Staff, fires broke out at both sites overnight, with damage extent still being assessed. The Volgograd facility, capable of processing 300,000 barrels of crude daily, had resumed operations in September after a July halt.
The Samara station, Europe's biggest tank farm with 1.6 million cubic meter capacity, feeds domestic refineries and export routes including the Druzhba pipeline. These strikes target Moscow's war financing capabilities, responding to almost daily Russian attacks on Ukrainian ports and infrastructure. Satellite imagery from NASA confirmed fresh heat anomalies at both locations.
Lukoil and Transneft PJSC declined immediate comment on the attacks.
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