Operations at Moscow, Ryazan Oil Refineries Halted by Kyiv Drones
Kyiv Post • • world
Key Points:
- Two major Russian oil refineries, including one in Moscow owned by Gazpromneft and the Ryazan refinery, suspended operations following Ukrainian drone strikes on May 15 and 17, with protective shutdowns expected to last several days.
- The Moscow refinery attack caused limited physical damage but led to 12 injuries, mostly construction workers, while the Ryazan refinery fire was more severe, impacting one of Russia's largest oil processing facilities.
- Ukrainian forces targeted multiple sites linked to Russia’s military-industrial and energy sectors, including semiconductor plants and oil pumping stations critical to Moscow’s fuel supply and military logistics.
- Ukraine used domestically produced long-range drones such as RS-1 Bars, FP-1 Firepoint, and BARS-SM Gladiator in these coordinated strikes, despite Russian claims of intercepting over 550 drones.
- Additional confirmed strikes hit the Lukoil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod and the Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station, damaging storage tanks and infrastructure vital to Russia’s oil transportation and military support systems.