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Saratov and also in Komi, in the far north of
Russia. A fuel depot was damaged there.
During the night to Thursday, August 14th, the
Lukoil refinery near Volgograd was hit again
and had to completely shut down the operations.
On Friday, August 15th, Ukrainian kamikaze
drones caused a fire at the Syzran refinery,
which had also been targeted before. On Sunday,
August 17th, another explosion occurred at the
Lukoil refinery near Volgograd, and drones
hit it a third time on Tuesday, August 19th. On
Sunday, August 24th, the Syzran refinery was
again struck, along with a terminal at the Ust-
Luga port, which is key for Russian gas exports
by sea. On Thursday, August 28th, the Afipsky
refinery near Krasnodar and the Kuybyshev
refinery near Samara were again targeted by
drones. Fires broke out at both, and the latter
had to completely shut down the operations.
On Saturday, August 30th, the refineries near
Samara and in Syzran were hit again.
During the observed period, the worst
affected was the refinery in Novoshakhtinsk.
It burned for almost a week and was only
extinguished on Tuesday, August 26th. 400
firefighters and 150 pieces of equipment were
deployed. In surrounding villages, due to the
firefighting efforts, 35,000 people were left
without water supply for several days.
Druzha Oil Pipeline
Not only refineries were systematically
targeted. During the observed period, the
Druzhba oil pipeline, which carries Russian
oil to Hungary and Slovakia, was repeatedly
hit. Even in the fourth year of the war, these
two countries continue to take Russian raw
materials, even though the rest of Europe has
tried to cut them off.
Attacks on the Druzhba pipeline occurred on
Thursday, August 14th, in the Bryansk region, on
Monday, August 18th, and on Friday, August 22nd,
when the Unecha pumping station near Bryansk
was hit. Both Hungary and Slovakia officially
protested the Ukrainian attacks. Kyiv responded
by saying they should address Russia, because
if not for the war started by Moscow, no one
would be attacking Druzhba. Both states also
In August, Ukraine struck at least 10 Russian refineries.
Russian refineries burning.
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