Two major Russian oil refineries suspended operations after recent Ukrainian drone strikes, Reuters reported on Wednesday, May 20, citing industry sources. According to the report, Moscow’s oil refinery halted processing after a Ukrainian drone attack on Sunday, May 17.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. While the strike reportedly caused only limited physical damage, refinery operations were stopped “protectively to mitigate risks,” two industry sources told Reuters. They added that restarting the facility could take several days. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin earlier said a drone had crashed near the refinery. According to preliminary data cited by Sobyanin, 12 people were injured in the strike, most of them construction workers near the plant’s entrance. The refinery, owned by Gazpromneft, is located in southeastern Moscow and supplies fuel to the Russian capital. Industry sources told Reuters the plant processed 11.6 million metric tons (12.8 million US tons) of crude oil in 2024, producing 2.9 million metric tons (3.2 million US tons) of gasoline, 3.2 million metric tons (3.5 million US tons) of diesel and 1.3 million metric tons (1.4 million US tons) of bitumen. According to the Ukrainian General Staff and the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), Ukrainian forces struck several facilities linked to Russia’s military-industrial and energy sectors. Targets reportedly included the Angstrem semiconductor plant in Zelenograd, which produces microchips for Russia’s defense industry, the Moscow oil refinery in the Kapotnya district, and the Solnechnogorsk and Volodarskoye oil pumping stations – key parts of the fuel supply network serving Moscow and Russian military logistics.