Ukraine Has Hit Three Russian Refineries Since Friday
A major oil hub in Russia’s Volga region appears to have caught fire after an attack, Bloomberg reported on Monday, citing satellite images from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System. An image taken on Monday showed a relatively fresh heat anomaly, which could mean fires at the Samara crude oil pumping station, according to the imagery Bloomberg has analyzed. The potential…
Ukraine has targeted three Russian refineries in the past week, according to satellite imagery analyzed by Bloomberg. The attacks occurred at a major oil hub in Russia's Volga region, a refinery in the Bashkortostan region, and Lukoil's Kstovo oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod. The first Ukrainian strike on a Russian refinery since October 15 took place on Friday when a drone attacked the Novokuibyshevsk refinery, which is part of the Samara Group of companies belonging to Russia's top oil company Rosneft.
U.S. President Donald Trump has urged Ukraine to cease attacks on Russian refineries prior to the U.S. midterm elections. The strikes come as global diesel supplies tighten and U.S. retail diesel prices remain above $6 per gallon, a significant increase from $3.68 per gallon at this time last year.
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