(MENAFN- UkrinForm) A group of drones launched an attack on the oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd region at nighttime on Friday, January 31.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by the BBC Russian service .
"As a result of the debris from one of the UAVs falling on the territory of the oil refinery, a fire broke out, which was promptly extinguished. One worker of the refinery was hospitalized," local press quoted the governor of the region, Andrey Bocharov.
Information about Ukrainian drones attacking the LUKOIL Volgogradnaftopererabotka oil refinery came from various sources throughout the night. Local residents reported several explosions in the area of Volgograd.
Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defense of Russia, in its regular morning update, reported that 49 Ukrainian drones had been shot down over seven Russian regions during the night.
However, the ministry's figures do not match the local authorities' reports.
According to the ministry's statement, 25 drones were shot down over Rostov region, eight over Volgograd region, six over Kursk region, four over Yaroslavl region, and two over Belgorod and Voronezh regions, as well as Krasnodar Krai.
The operational headquarters of Kursk region, almost simultaneously with the release of the ministry's report, claimed that 17 drones had been shot down over their region (not six, as stated by the ministry).
The governor of Yaroslavl region also reported almost simultaneously that five drones had been shot down near Yaroslavl, not four, as stated in the ministry's report.
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Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported on Telegram that the targeted Volgograd oil refinery is the sixth-largest refinery in Russia.
"The Volgograd oil refinery has been hit. It is one of the largest in Russia. Its design capacity is about 14 million tons of oil per year, making it the sixth-largest refinery in Russia. The refinery produces gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, and aviation fuel," Kovalenko said.
As Ukrinform reported, on the night of January 30, drones carried out attacks on the Bryansk and Belgorod regions of Russia.
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