MOSCOW/KYIV: Ukraine’s military said on Friday it attacked a major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow, and industry sources said the facility had suspended output.
Ukraine and Russia have been attacking each other’s energy facilities as peace talks have failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the nearly four-year-old war.
“Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck the capacity of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region,” the Ukrainian military’s General Staff wrote on Facebook.
“Explosions and a large fire were recorded in the area of the target. The extent of the damage is being determined.”
The industry sources said Ukrainian drones damaged a primary processing unit and a loading rack at the refinery, Russia’s fourth largest. Output had been suspended, they said.
