Fire put out at Russia's Ilsky oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack

The Ilsky refinery has a ⁠capacity ​of around 138,000 barrels per day. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that his forces had struck 15 ⁠Russian oil refineries in multiple attacks between January and May, creating ⁠shortages of ⁠fuel in Crimea and other Russian-held regions.

A fire ‌at Russia's ​Ilsky oil refinery in its southern Krasnodar region has been put out ‌after an overnight Ukrainian drone attack, local authorities said on Tuesday, part of Kyiv's campaign to starve Russia's economy of oil revenues.

Kyiv has ‌been systematically targeting Russia's energy infrastructure in an effort ‌to limit Moscow's ability to finance its more than four-year-old war in Ukraine at a time of high global oil prices. The Ukrainian General Staff, ⁠which ​has repeatedly ⁠hit the Ilsky refinery this year, confirmed it had struck it again, saying ⁠the facility produced fuel for the Russian army fighting in Ukraine.

It ​was not immediately clear if the export-oriented refinery's operations had ⁠been disrupted or if there were any casualties. The Ilsky refinery has a ⁠capacity ​of around 138,000 barrels per day.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday that his forces had struck 15 ⁠Russian oil refineries in multiple attacks between January and May, creating ⁠shortages of ⁠fuel in Crimea and other Russian-held regions.