Russia: Ukrainian drones strike Syrzan oil refinery

Source: Reuters

“Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Rosneft-owned Syzran oil ​refinery in Samara region overnight, Ukrainian ‌military and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. ‘Another Ukrainian long-range sanction against Russian oil ​refining – and we are continuing this ​line of action,’ Zelenskiy said on ⁠the Telegram messaging app. … Two people were killed ​in a drone attack on the town of Syzran ‌in ⁠Samara region, the local governor said, without mentioning whether any infrastructure was damaged in the attack. Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said ​the attack ​caused a ⁠large fire at the refinery, whose annual processing capacity ranges ​from 7 to 8.9 million ​tons ⁠of crude oil.” (05/21/26)

https://www.reuters.com/world/ukrainian-drones-strike-russias-syzran-oil-refinery-kyiv-says-2026-05-21/