Ukraine attacks Russia's largest oil refinery with a drone attack

Ukraine attacks Russia's largest oil refinery with a drone attack

CNN reported on Saturday that Ukraine hit one of the largest oil refineries in Russia as part of a drone attack. A fire in the complex was sparked more than 700 miles deep in the Russian area.

Details on the attack on the oil refinery

The attack on the tane-refinery in the city of Nischnekamsk, Tatarstan-one of the largest and most modern refineries in Russia-was already the second incident within a year, in which Ukrainian armed forces attacked the facility. This was confirmed by Lieutenant Andrii Kovalenko, head of the Center for Information Control of Ukraine.

visual evidence and official Dementi

pictures from social media geolocated by CNN show massive flames and smoke that can be seen in the night sky, while workers are evacuated through the snow and flee in front of the burning building. Despite these recordings, the Presseservice of the Republic of Tatarstan rejected the reports of a fire in the facility. They emphasized that it was a simulated evacuation as part of a security exercise and the images from the shining system would show the "work of the torches of the refinery".

The importance of the taceco refinery

The TaneCo refinery has a processing capacity of over 16 million tons of oil per year and plays a crucial role in the fuel supply of the Russian army, as Kovalenko noted. He added: "The destruction of refineries and oil bearings has a direct impact on Russia's ability to lead an intensive war."

previous attacks and their effects

Kovalenko announced that the refinery was already attacked in spring 2024, the main processing unit was damaged. In April last year, Ukrainian drone attacks in Tatarstan aimed both on a factory for the assembly of Shahed drones as well as a central oil processing unit of the refinery, which is one of the five largest of this kind in Russia. At that time, the attack was the broadest that Ukraine had carried out in Russian territory since the beginning of the war.