Ukraine's SBU hits Russia's Volgograd oil refinery in drone attack, source says

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Ukraine's SBU hits Russia's Volgograd oil refinery in drone attack, source says

Reuters
February 3, 2024 5:35 AM EST Updated 37 min ago

KYIV, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian drones struck a primary oil processing facility at the Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday in an operation conducted by the SBU security service, a Ukrainian source told Reuters.

Local authorities in Russia said earlier that a fire had been extinguished at the large refinery following a drone attack. The refinery is owned by oil producer Lukoil (LKOH.MM), opens new tab.

The strike is the latest in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian oil facilities in recent weeks, infrastructure that Kyiv sees as important for the Kremlin's war effort.

The source in Kyiv told Reuters such drone attacks would continue.

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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraines-sbu-hits-russias-volgograd-oil-refinery-drone-attack-source-2024-02-03/

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[niyad]

1. Slava Ukraini!!! Thank you for the update.

[Tree-Hugger]

2. Lukoil

Lukoil stations in my area have had the cheapest gas in recent weeks. Gas prices here jumped ten cents overnight last week, but the Lukoil stations dropped prices by 30 cents. Some even went to $2.99, a price not seen in this area in years. My uneducated guess was that they are desperate for business. Lukoils around here tend to be completely ignored (pre-invasion, too) and always seem like a shell company as they remain open despite high prices and no customers. In the last week, they have had booming business as prices all around them rose and theirs fell.

I wonder what kind of impact this refinery fire will have on the stations over here, if any.

[mitch96]

3. Good stuff. Hit'em in the oil wallet. Also I hope it makes the ruzzians move their air defense from Ukraine

to the oil export sector.. No oil, no money. No SAM's near Ukraine is a good thing...
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