Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukrainian units struck the Novokuibyshevsk refinery and a logistics hub in Russia's Samara Oblast over the past 24 hours. The destruction of a Russian Su-24M aircraft at Saky airfield in temporarily occupied Crimea has also been confirmed.
Source: Zelenskyy on X (Twitter); General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: Zelenskyy said the Novokuibyshevsk refinery is located around a thousand kilometres from the front line and generates export revenue for Russia that is used to fund the war.
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The General Staff also confirmed the strike on the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery on the night of 21-22 August and reported that a fire broke out at the facility. The plant has a capacity of around 8.8 million tonnes of oil per year and produces, among other things, motor and aviation fuel as well as diesel.
