Ukraine hits one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in drone attack

Key Points:

• Ukraine's military targeted two Russian oil refineries, Bashneft-Novoil in Bashkortostan and Slavneft-Yanos in Yaroslavl, as part of efforts to disrupt Russia's energy infrastructure and reduce its war funding.
• The Slavneft-Yanos refinery, located about 170 miles northeast of Moscow, is a major facility producing around 15 million tons of crude oil annually and has been a repeated target in the conflict.
• The Yaroslavl region experienced its largest drone attack, with air defenses destroying 93 drones; the refinery sustained damage and four people were injured, but there were no fatalities.
• Ukraine also struck Russian military patrol boats in the Black Sea in response to Russian attacks on ships, where a Russian strike on a foreign-flagged vessel carrying Ukrainian wheat resulted in one death and three injuries.
• Concurrently, Russia has increased missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, likely aiming to overwhelm Ukraine's ballistic missile defenses, while Ukraine has intensified attacks on Russian consumer economy targets like the Wildberries retail chain.