Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (SSO) have struck the Omsk Oil Refinery, Russia’s largest oil refinery, in what they described as the deepest long-range strike carried out by Ukrainian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion. The refinery, located in the Siberian city of Omsk, processes more than 21 million tons of oil annually.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “The Special Ops have struck the largest and ‘inaccessible’ Russian refinery in Omsk. 3,000 km (1,864 miles)! This is the first strike on this facility,” the SSO said in a statement on Telegram. “This is the deepest long-range strike on enemy territory during the entire full-scale invasion,” the statement added. The Special Ops said the attack hit critical equipment at the refinery, including the ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude oil processing unit, describing it as the plant’s most important installation.
“Without primary refining, all other facilities simply have no raw materials,” the report said.The agency described the Omsk refinery as a strategic asset for Russia’s fuel industry.“The Omsk Refinery is the largest in the Russian Federation. It is a strategic enterprise for the Russian fuel industry,” the statement said.According to the SSO, the refinery supplies a significant share of Russia’s domestic gasoline and diesel market and is one of the country’s main producers of aviation fuel.
