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Southern Russia's largest refinery and a major gas processing plant controlled by Gazprom were hit by a massive Ukrainian drone attack on Monday, Ukrainian and Russian officials said.

The Lukoil refinery in Volgograd, the largest in southern Russia with a processing capacity of 300,000 bpd, was hit, regional governor Andrey Bocharov said on Telegram.

“Due to falling debris, non-widespread fires broke out at the oil refinery site, which were quickly localized,” the governor added.

Lukoil refinery in Volgograd

Separately, drones struck a Gazprom gas processing plant in Russia's Astrakhan region, a Ukrainian security official told Reuters.

Russia said the fire was contained to Gazprom's processing plant.
Ukraine has stepped up drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure in recent weeks.

For example, last week Ukraine struck an oil refinery near Nizhny Novgorod in western Russia with drones, heralding the second attack on a Russian oil refinery in less than a week. Ukrainian defense intelligence units, in collaboration with other components of the defense forces, struck Lukoil's Norsi refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, Russia's sixth largest city, on the night of January 29.

The attack on the Norsi facility was the second in less than a week, after Ukraine struck a major Russian oil refinery in Ryazan in early January, causing significant damage and disrupting operations.

The overnight attack set fire to a 20,000-tonne oil storage tank and damaged vital infrastructure, including a hydrotractor and a rail loading rack. The refinery, which processes 262,000 bpd – about 5% of Russia's refining capacity – has stopped.

Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries and other energy infrastructure have become a regular occurrence, with drones as the weapon of choice for conducting attacks.

As Ukraine continues to target refineries in Russia, some of these attacks have affected the supply of fuel products from Russian refineries and reduced crude oil processing rates.

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