An image from a video provided by Ukrainian officials shows what purports to be a Russian oil refinery on fire Sunday after being struck by long-range weapons. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has launched a 40-day campaign of strikes against Russian oil industry targets. Photo courtesy of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine
June 28 (UPI) -- Ukrainian long-range weapons struck two major Russian oil refineries on Sunday as President Vladimir Putin promised to ramp up security against Kyiv's attacks in an address to United Russia party members.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced in a social media post that the Slavyansk oil refinery in the Krasnodar region and another facility in the Yaroslavl region were hit, accompanying those claims were video showing buildings ablaze with thick smoke pouring into the sky.
The Slavyansk refinery is about 186 miles from the front lines of the Russian invasion in eastern Ukraine, while the Yaroslavl facility significantly farther away, at approximately at 434 miles.
Zelensky said Ukrainian forces celebrated the nation's Constitution Day with the attacks, which continued Kyiv's recent ramping up of its strikes on Russian infrastructure located far behind the front lines through the use of sophisticated long-range weaponry.
