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Posted on August 21, 2025
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A drone attack caused a fire at Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia, with no injuries reported. Ukraine has intensified its attacks on Russian energy infrastructure.
MOSCOW (Reuters) -A fire has started following a drone at an industrial site strike in Russia's southern Novoshakhtinsk city, home to an oil refinery, authorities said on Thursday, as Ukraine stepped up attacks on Russia's energy infrastructure.
"A fire broke out at one of the industrial enterprises in Novoshakhtinsk. Preliminarily, no one was hurt. Emergency services are working at the scene," said Yury Slyusar, the acting governor of the Rostov region, without specifying the target of the attack.
Novoshakhtinsk refinery, which sells fuel mainly for export, has annual capacity of 5 million metric tons of oil, or around 100,000 barrels per day.
Since the start of August, Ukraine has targeted a number of Russian oil refineries, including Novokuibyshevsk, Syzran, Ryazan and Volgograd.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Alex Richardson)
The fire was caused by a drone strike at an industrial site in Novoshakhtinsk, which is home to an oil refinery.
Preliminarily, no one was hurt in the drone strike that caused the fire at the industrial enterprise.
The Novoshakhtinsk refinery has an annual capacity of 5 million metric tons of oil, which is approximately 100,000 barrels per day.
Since the start of August, Ukraine has targeted several Russian oil refineries, including those in Novokuibyshevsk, Syzran, Ryazan, and Volgograd.
Emergency services are currently working at the scene of the fire in Novoshakhtinsk following the drone attack.
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