MOSCOW/KYIV: Ukraine’s military said on Friday it attacked a major Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl, north-east of Moscow, and industry sources said the facility had suspended output.
Ukraine and Russia have been attacking each other’s energy facilities as peace talks have failed to produce a breakthrough on ending the nearly four-year-old war.
“Units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces have struck the capacity of the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Russia’s Yaroslavl region,” the Ukrainian military’s General Staff wrote on Facebook.
“Explosions and a large fire were recorded in the area of the target. The extent of the damage is being determined.”
The industry sources said Ukrainian drones damaged a primary processing unit and a loading rack at the refinery, Russia’s fourth largest. Output had been suspended, they said.
Slavneft-YANOS, located some 250 km (155 miles) north-east of Moscow, has an oil processing capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, or 15 million metric tons per year.
The damaged CDU-4 processing unit accounts for around a third of the plant’s production capacity.
The company’s press service did not reply to a request for comment.
Last year, it produced 2.6 million tons of gasoline, 4 million tons of diesel and 4.7 million tons of fuel oil, according to industry sources.
Ukraine says it hit Yaroslavl oil refinery, sources say output suspended
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Ukraine says it hit Yaroslavl oil refinery, sources say output suspended
- Ukraine and Russia have been attacking each other’s energy facilities as peace talks have failed
- The industry sources said Ukrainian drones damaged a primary processing unit and a loading rack
Russia will examine Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ invite: Putin
- Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Russia would study US President Donald Trump’s invitation to join his “Board of Peace.”
“The Russian foreign ministry has been charged with studying the documents that were sent to us and to consult on the topic with our strategic partners,” Putin said during a televised government meeting. “It is only after that we’ll be able to reply to the invitation.”
He said that Russia could pay the billion dollars being asked for permanent membership “from the Russian assets frozen under the previous American administration.”
He added that the assets could also be used “to reconstruct the territories damaged by the hostilities, after the conclusion of a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.”
Invites were sent to dozens of world leaders with a request for $1 billion for a permanent seat on the board.
Although originally meant to oversee Gaza’s rebuilding, the board’s charter does not seem to limit its role to the Palestinian coastal enclave and appears to want to rival the United Nations, drawing the ire of some US allies including France.
