Russia primarily attacks residential buildings in the Ukraine war.
In the country of the aggressor itself, drone attacks on oil facilities are increasing.
Kiev - Volodymyr Zelenskyj is increasingly using his speeches on the Ukraine war to explicitly warn Russia about the consequences of its attacks on civilians.
It was only on Tuesday that the President of Ukraine announced answers that the aggressor would feel after the rocket hit a residential building in his hometown of Kryvyi Rih.
Ukraine attacks oil refineries with drones: Injured people complain - plants have to be shut down
Apparently Kiev is targeting oil facilities in Russia.
As Pavel Malkov, governor of the Ryazan region southeast of Moscow, reported on Telegram on Wednesday morning, the oil refinery in Ryazan was hit by a drone.
Three hours later, he announced that the fire had been extinguished, but two people had suffered hand injuries.
Vasily Golubyev, governor of the Rostov region, wrote a little later on his Telegram channel that a drone had crashed on the site of the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery near the border with Ukraine.
There were no injuries here, but the technical systems had to be temporarily switched off.
He had previously informed that three drones had been intercepted.
According to the company, it is the largest manufacturer of oil products in southern Russia.
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Drone attacks hit Russia: “Reduce the flow of oil money and fuel”
The night before, drones allegedly sent by Ukraine had also caused fires in oil facilities.
According to Andrei Klitschkov, governor of the Oryol region, a fuel and energy complex was hit.
The politician documented the fire department's extinguishing work on Telegram and made it clear that there were no injuries.
Another Ukrainian aircraft is said to have caused a fire at the Kstovo refinery near Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga.
Attacks on the Kirishi facility near St. Petersburg were intercepted, authorities said.
Ukrainska
Pravda
quoted an unnamed Ukrainian intelligence source as saying: “We are systematically implementing a well-calculated strategy to reduce Russia’s economic potential.
Our task is to deprive the enemy of resources and reduce the flow of oil money and fuel that the aggressor uses directly for its war effort and the killing of Ukrainian citizens.”
Consequences of the attack on oil refineries: Will food prices soon rise drastically in Russia?
Anton Gerashchenko, Ukraine's former deputy interior minister, wrote on Twitter that the oil refinery in Ryazan would likely be unusable for weeks.
He expects the destruction of Russian oil facilities to continue.
The 45-year-old also emphasizes: “Sowing in Russia will be very difficult, which means that food prices are expected to rise dramatically from the middle of the summer.” And: “Gas demand within Russia and gas prices will probably increase in a few weeks .
This will cause the prices of everything in Russia to rise.”
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Ukraine's drones hit Russian oil facilities: agricultural producers next in sight?
According to Gerashchenko, the oil company Lukoil had already reported problems at the Nizhny Novgorod refinery at the beginning of January.
One of the two gasoline production units had to be shut down.
In the following weeks, the company asked other manufacturers to supply gasoline.
Although the Russian Energy Ministry insisted that there would be no impact on the market, gasoline exports were ultimately restricted.
Now the drones may have destroyed the second unit.
This would make it possible to stop or significantly limit the production of gasoline.
According to Gerashchenko, this refinery is responsible for more than ten percent of Russia's total gasoline production.
The deficit could be even larger; the main buyers are Moscow and the region around the capital.
The outage could cause fuel prices to rise further as the logistical effort and associated costs will increase.
Local agricultural producers could be the next target for drones to deal a blow to this sector too.
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Fire brigade operation: This picture is intended to show the rescue efforts at the refinery in the Oryol region.
© Telegram/@Klychkov_Andrey
Russia and the drone attacks: Peskov admits increasing numbers and reassures
On Wednesday, the Russian antitrust authorities and the oil industry discussed the situation, as the
German Press Agency (dpa)
writes , citing the Russian news agency
Tass
.
Accordingly, the fuel dealers agreed to deliver more this spring.
Wholesale and consumer prices are stable.
According to Tass,
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said of the drone attacks
: “The number is actually increasing.
Our air defense and our military are taking care of it.” There have been reports of such attacks from the air for months.
Recently, a tank column was also blown up.
Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin speculated in a TV interview shortly before his planned re-election that the attacks were intended to disrupt precisely this.
(mg, with dpa)