Ukraine’s General Staff said a series of key Russian targets were hit overnight, with details on each strike published on the General Staff’s Telegram channel.
The first target was the KirishiNefteOrgSintez plant in the city of Kirishi, Leningrad region. An explosion and fire were recorded at the site, officials said, adding that the outcome of the strike is still being clarified.
“The Kirishi oil refinery is one of the largest in the aggressor state. Its annual capacity is 18.4 million tons of oil processed per year,” the General Staff added.
The attack on Kirishi, the city where the refinery is located, was also confirmed by Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko. He said seven drones were shot down over the city. A fire broke out in the industrial zone but was extinguished. No casualties were reported.
Near Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, a small missile ship of the Buyan-M class was damaged. There is no information yet on the extent of the strike.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said the ship hit on Lake Onega was the missile corvette Grad, part of the Project 21631 Buyan-M class. “The missile carrier was moving from the Baltic to the Caspian Sea. The strike hit the starboard side of the ship’s engine room,” the statement reads.
The Special Operations Forces described the vessel as one of Russia’s newest warships and said its primary weapon is the Kalibr-NK missile system.
In Russia’s Kursk region, the Garmon radar complex and a transport-loading vehicle from the Iskander missile system were also struck, according to the statement. In addition, a command post of the 8th Army, which is deployed in the temporarily occupied territory of Donetsk region, was hit. Ukraine’s defenders said they will provide more information on the strikes later.
“Ukraine’s Defense Forces continue a systematic campaign to destroy Russian military targets and weaken its military-economic potential, particularly in logistics and the supply of fuel and lubricants, ammunition and weapons,” the General Staff said.
Earlier Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries have triggered an unprecedented fuel crunch in Russia’s energy market, officials and media reports say. Russian media report that 38% of primary refining capacity (338,000 tons per day) has been idle since late September, while capacity suitable for producing diesel and gasoline fell 6% in August and another 18% in September.
As a result, at least 20 regions of Russia, including the temporarily occupied territories and the temporarily annexed Crimea, have faced fuel shortages.
