Drones attacked the Tyumen oil refinery, thousands of kilometres from Ukraine
Serhiy Sternenko, an adviser to the Minister of Defence, reported this on the social media platform X.
What is known about the attack on the Tyumen oil refinery
According to him, local residents reported at least two explosions in the vicinity of the plant. Prior to this, a state of alert had been declared in the city due to the threat of a drone attack.
It was also reported that the refinery was urgently relieving pressure in the system.
The Tyumen Oil Refinery is located approximately 2,000 km from Ukraine. The plant’s design capacity is between 7.5 and 9 million tonnes of crude oil processing per year. The governor of the Tyumen region also confirmed the drone attack, according to Russian media reports.
The Ukrainian side has repeatedly emphasised that facilities within the Russian Federation’s fuel and energy complex are being used to supply the Russian army.
For more breaking news, follow our Telegram channel.