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Ukraine has launched a drone attack on Russia’s second-largest oil refinery, Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF), damaging three major oil-processing units and triggering a large fire at the facility.
The attack took place on Monday (November 9) at the refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region, according to Euronews.
Regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said Russian air defence systems had intercepted 113 drones targeting the region. However, debris from one drone struck the roof of a multi-storey residential building in the city of Vsevolozhsk, killing one resident.
KINEF, owned by the Surgutneftegas group, is the largest refinery in northwestern Russia and the country’s second-largest after the Omsk refinery. It processes around 18 million tonnes of crude oil annually, accounting for approximately 7% of Russia’s total refining capacity.
The facility produces petrol, diesel, aviation fuel, fuel oil, bitumen and petrochemical products. It also supplies aviation fuel to St Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport. Its designed annual refining capacity is estimated at 20–21 million tonnes.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed that its forces had intercepted 430 Ukrainian drones overnight across 14 Russian regions and Russian-occupied Crimea. Euronews said it could not independently verify the claim.
Russia has continued its drone attacks across Ukraine. The Ukrainian Air Force said Russian forces launched 317 drones from Monday evening, including 105 jet-powered drones. Of these, 276 were intercepted, while 31 locations were struck and drone debris fell at nine other sites.
A drone strike on a food warehouse in the southern Ukrainian city of Odesa on Monday morning killed three people and seriously injured another.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian attacks killed two people and injured seven. Overnight strikes in the Kharkiv region left nine people, including a child, injured.
Six people, including a child, were injured in attacks on Zaporizhzhia and surrounding areas. In Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, seven people, including a 16-year-old boy, were injured in a drone strike that destroyed a rehabilitation centre for children with disabilities.
Meanwhile, three electricity-sector workers were injured when Russian forces struck a vehicle in the Sumy region.
Source: Euronews