Drones attacked one of Russia’s largest oil refineries in the Yaroslavl region early on Tuesday morning, May 19. Yaroslavl Oblast Governor Mikhail Yevraev said on Telegram that the region had come under a “hostile attack by Ukrainian UAVs.” He added that traffic was temporarily restricted on the road out of Yaroslavl toward Moscow for security reasons.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. He later said most of the drones were allegedly shot down, but confirmed that an industrial facility was hit. The fire is being extinguished by emergency services, and no injuries were reported. The governor also warned that debris from downed drones could still be found in the area and is being collected for investigation.
Local monitoring Telegram channels reported that the target may have been the Slavneft-YANOS refinery, the sixth-largest in Russia, with an annual capacity of around 15 million tons of oil.The Russian Defence Ministry claimed its air defence systems intercepted 315 Ukrainian drones overnight, including over the Yaroslavl region.Ukraine has not commented on the attack.Meanwhile, in the city of Perm, priests of the Russian Orthodox Church held prayer services and a procession with an icon of the Mother of God, reportedly aimed at protecting the city from drone attacks following strikes on local oil infrastructure.According to the diocese cited by Komsomolskaya Pravda outlet, the procession took place on May 12 and included stops at “key points” across the city. It was led by Metropolitan Methodius.
