Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Syzran, Samara Oblast, damaging the AVT-6 primary oil processing unit and one of its oil tank farms.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated on September 15 that Ukrainian forces struck an oil refinery in Syzran, Samara Oblast... The Ukrainian General Staff specified on September 15 that Ukrainian forces struck... the Syzran Oil Refinery, damaging the refinery’s AVT-6 primary oil processing unit and one of its oil tank farms.
A fire broke out at the local oil refinery in Syzran, Samara Oblast. Storage tanks containing petroleum products may have caught fire.
Overnight on September 15, Ukrainian drones struck the Syzran oil refinery.
Ukrainian forces targeted the Syzran Oil Refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast overnight on Sept. 15.
The Samara region was targeted by more than 40 drones, according to regional Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
According to the Ukrainian monitoring channel Exilenova+, the Rosneft-owned Syzran Oil Refinery was among the targets.
Following the attack, storage tanks containing petroleum products caught fire at the facility.
Damage was sustained by one of the industrial facilities as well as several residential buildings, with no casualties reported.
The Syzran Refinery in Samara Oblast was attacked by drones, after which a fire started in the enterprise's industrial zone with several points of ignition recorded.
Drones attacked Rosneft’s Syzran oil refinery in the Samara Region, causing a fire with several hotspots, likely in storage tanks.
This is the tenth documented attack on the Syzran refinery.
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