UAVs attacked the aggressor country's KINEF oil refinery in the Leningrad Region
This was reported by Ukrinform, citing the Astra Telegram channel.
According to local residents, drones attacked the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery – KINEF – in the town of Kirishi in the Leningrad Oblast of the Russian Federation.
The region’s governor, Oleksandr Drozdzenko, confirmed that there has been damage to the industrial zone in the Kirishi district as a result of the drone attack.
According to him, a total of 21 drones were reportedly shot down in the region. He also stated that there were no casualties.
“Kirishinefteorgsintez” is the largest oil refinery in the region and one of the largest in Russia. The plant produces petrol, diesel, kerosene, fuel oil and petrochemicals.
The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed to have shot down 125 drones on the night of 25–26 March. This was reported by the BBC’s Russian service.
The military department of the aggressor state claims that the UAVs were shot down in the Belgorod, Bryansk, Vologda, Kaluga, Kursk, Leningrad, Novgorod, Pskov, Smolensk, Tver, Tula and Yaroslavl regions, in the Moscow area, as well as over the annexed Crimea and the Black Sea.
As a reminder, on the night of 23 March, the Ukrainian Defence Forces attacked Russian oil infrastructure facilities: the ‘Transneft – Primorsk Port’ terminal in the Leningrad region and the ‘Bashneft-Ufanafta’ oil refinery in Bashkortostan.
