Russian Air Bases, Oil Terminal in Flames After Combined Ukraine Attack [Video]

What’s new

Ukrainian drones and missiles have targeted southern Russia’s largest oil refinery and nearby airfields, it has been reported.

Video on social media showed the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in the Rostov region on fire overnight Thursday, with locals reporting numerous explosions.

The refinery had been targeted in July in an attack Kyiv said had destroyed 1.5 million tons of oil and fuel products worth $540 million.

Newsweek has contacted the Ukrainian defense ministry for comment.

A Ukrainian-made “Peklo” drone missile is seen on December 6 2024. Ukrainian drones struck an oil facility Russia’s Rostov region overnight Thursday, according to reports. GENYA SAVILOV/Getty Images

Why it matters

Often without claiming direct responsibility, Kyiv has stepped up drone attacks inside Russia with domestically produced unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that have hit oil processing facilities integral to Moscow’s war effort.

Andriy Yusov from Ukraine’s intelligence service HUR said on December 6 that one-third of Russian fuel facilities had been …