Lukoil’s Perm refinery struck 1,530 km from Ukraine’s northern border, Kyiv confirms
The same overnight wave also hit a military airfield in Volgograd Oblast and left results in the Black Sea, the General Staff said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on 21 August that his nation had struck one of Russia's largest oil refineries, located deep in the Urals and more than 1,530 kilometers from Ukraine's northern border, in a long-range drone attack. The Ukrainian Army's General Staff confirmed the attack on the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery, known as PNOS, in Perm, which is situated near the Ural Mountains.
The refinery, one of Russia's largest with a capacity to process over 13 million tons of crude annually, typically exports more than half of its output. Ukrainian officials reported explosions and a plume of smoke at the site, while the Russian government claimed to have repelled the attack, asserting that they shot down 16 drones.
The same night, Ukrainian drones also hit a military airfield in the Black Sea region and a drone launch site, causing further damage. Additionally, Ukrainian forces targeted other military sites in Russia, including a drone storage facility near Donetsk, two command posts, and six relay stations in Crimea. This strike is part of Ukraine's ongoing campaign to reach deeper into Russian territory, straining Moscow's air defenses and fuel supplies.
Written by urgent.news from Euromaidan Press's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
