Incidents

Not the first time: after the attack of Ukrainian drones, the Sizran Refinery stopped working

To spread: the head of the CPD Andriy Kovalenko said that the factory processing capacity was 8. 9 million tons of oil per year. Refinery of this level is an important part of the logistics of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. After the attack of Ukrainian drones on the night of December 18 to December 19, the Russian territories stopped operating a refinery plant in Sizran of Samara region.

Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Center for Clearing Misinformation at the National Security and Defense Council. "The Syzran Refinery is no longer working after the attack," the message reads. According to Andriy Kovalenko, the plant has a processing capacity of 8. 9 million tons of oil per year. This makes it one of the average refinery in Russia. The plant products are fuel, aviation kerosene and bitumen.

For the Russian army of refineries of this level, they play an important role in the provision of fuel and it is part of the logistics of troops. The CPD head added that in 2015 the plant completely switched to the production of Euro-5 products. It processes oil from Western Siberia and Samara region. Recall that on the night of February 18 to 19, Ukrainian drones attacked Russian regions. An oil refinery was hit in Sizran of the Samara region - a traffic was recorded, and a fire was rose.