KYIV – A Ukrainian drone strike has sparked a fire at the Tyumen refinery in western Siberia, local Russian authorities said on July 25.
The attack on a facility more than 2,000km from Ukraine underscores the increasing reach of Kyiv’s long-range drone campaign against Russian energy infrastructure.
Emergency services are working at the scene, Tyumen regional governor Alexander Moor said, without giving further details.
Any disruption to output would further squeeze the domestic fuel market, which has seen worsening shortages since May, when Ukraine stepped up attacks on oil refineries in an attempt to undermine Russia’s war efforts.
The refinery has a nominal capacity of around eight million metric tonnes a year. It processes roughly six million tonnes of crude annually, producing about 0.5 million tonnes of gasoline and 2.5 million tonnes of diesel, according to industry estimates. REUTERS