Ukraine strikes oil refinery near St. Petersburg
Ukrainian forces carried out a strike on the Kirishi oil refinery near St. Petersburg in Russia overnight into Sunday, Ukraine's military General Staff reported.
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Units of Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Kirishi oil refinery near St. Petersburg, Russia, overnight into Sunday, according to Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff.
The statement did not provide further details on the extent of any damage or possible casualties resulting from the strike.
Background
The Kirishi refinery is one of the largest oil processing facilities in northwestern Russia. Such facilities have increasingly become targets of Ukrainian long-range drone strikes in recent months, as Kyiv seeks to disrupt Russia's oil refining and export capacity as part of the war's economic front.
