Ukraine attacks Syzran refinery in Samara region: what are the consequences?
22 November 11:09
On the night of November 22, the Ukrainian military launched drones at industrial enterprises in the Samara region, targeting “fuel and energy facilities,” Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said. He specified that in Syzran, two people were killed and two others were injured “as a result of a UAV falling” while repelling the attack. According to local residents, Rosneft’s Syzran refinery with a capacity of 8.5 million tons per year was hit. Before that, it was attacked in August, after which it temporarily stopped working, [Komersant ] reports, citing Russian pro-Russian media.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces also struck several substations. In the Kursk region, two boiler houses in the Borovskoye neighborhood of Rylsk were knocked out of service as a result of an attack on a power facility. About 3,000 customers were left without electricity, said Governor Alexander Khinstein. According to him, no one was injured. In the annexed Crimea, the 220 kV Krasnoperekopsk power substation located in the city of the same name was attacked. A fire broke out at the facility. The substation is used to transit and distribute power to the north of Crimea.
In the Rostov region, drones attacked Millerovo, where there is a military airfield. Governor Yuri Slyusar said that the administrative building and equipment in the yard were damaged. In addition, in the village of Trenivka in Millerovo district, windows were smashed in a private house, and an outbuilding and garage were damaged. No one was injured.
The Russian Defense Ministry reported the destruction of 69 drones overnight. 16 of them were shot down over the Rostov region, 15 over the Samara and Saratov regions. Another 13 drones were destroyed over Crimea. At night, Rosaviatsia reported the closure of airports in Samara, Saratov, Penza, Tambov, and Ulyanovsk due to air attacks.
