Bloomberg reports.
On Wednesday, a Ukrainian UAV strike caused a fire at one of Russia's largest oil refineries, Rosneft, in Ryazan near Moscow. In the southern Rostov region, a drone attack also shut down the smaller Novoshakhtinsk refinery. These incidents add to the previous damage that Lukoil's Norsi refinery suffered on Tuesday.
The Ryazan refinery, about 200 kilometers southeast of Moscow, has a capacity of 17.1 million tons a year, or around 340,000 barrels a day. It is a major supplier of motor fuels for Russian regions around the capital, according to Bloomberg.
Later on Wednesday, the Novoshakhtinsk refinery in Russia’s southern Rostov region halted operations after a drone strike, regional governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram, while giving no details of any damage. The facility has a capacity of 5.6 million tons per year, or around 112,000 barrels a day.
Bloomberg underscores that the three facilities hit by Ukrainian drones in the past two days account for about 12% of Russia’s oil-processing capacity.
On the morning of March 13, the governor of the Ryazan region, Pavel Malkov, announced a fire at an oil refinery. He reported a drone attack — it was a special operation by the Ukrainian Security Service.