Ukrainian drones struck a Lukoil oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, overnight on April 5, damaging two facilities.
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Ukrainian drones struck a Lukoil oil refinery in the Russian city of Kstovo overnight on April 5, with two facilities damaged as a result of falling drone debris
Air defenses shot down 30 drones over an industrial zone in the Kstovo district, and falling debris damaged two facilities belonging to Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez, triggering a fire
Drones struck oil facilities in the Kstovo district, causing fires at two Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez facilities.
The Novogorkovskaya thermal power plant was also damaged.
Overnight, air defence forces repelled an attack by 30 enemy UAVs over the industrial zone of the Kstovo district. As a result of falling debris, two facilities at the Kstovo refinery sustained damage followed by fires. The fires have been contained.
The Novogorkovskaya combined heat and power plant and several residential buildings and plots of land were also damaged. Power supply to consumers is currently being restored.
The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery was struck, sparking a large-scale fire at the facility that provides nearly 30% of gasoline consumption for the Moscow region and directly supplies fuel to occupying forces in Ukraine.
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