Russia burning as massive Ukrainian strike leaves key oil refinery blazing

Ukraine launched another devastating attack on Russian fuel supplies over the weekend, targeting a major oil depot.

Kyiv has continually tried to disrupt Putin’s war machine by attacking fuel depots and ammunition warehouses deep inside .

Numerous waves of mass drone attacks have inflicted substantial damage on the Kremlin’s military infrastructure.

Despite ‘s sophisticated air defence systems, Ukrainian UAVS have regularly succeeded in hitting their targets, causing mayhem and chaos.

In the latest attacks, swarms of drones bore down on the Oryol region, just north of Kursk – targeting various fuel and energy infrastructure facilities.

Andrey Klychkov, the region’s governor, claimed ‘s army shot down 20 drones during the attack.

However, at least one breached Russian defences to strike a major facility in the village of Stalony Kon, situated northeast of Oryol city.

Footage filmed by a security guard and shared on social media shows a huge explosion at the site, followed by a massive ball of flames rising into the night sky.

Klychkov claimed that no casualties or injuries had been reported due to the attack.

He added that firefighters had extinguished the blaze by 8am local time.

The attack comes just one week after Ukrainian drones struck the same oil depot, causing a large fire to break out.

The fire reportedly burned for several days following the attack, inflicting extensive damage to the facility.

The General Staff of ’s Armed Forces said following the attack that the Stalnoy Kon depot is among ‘s largest oil product terminals.

They noted it is “part of the Russian military-industrial complex, providing supplies of petroleum products for the Russian army.”

‘s military may be consuming almost 6% of ‘s total diesel refining output.

“A possible rough estimate is around 15 million litres/day for all types of fuel combined, including about a quarter on jet fuel,” George Voloshin of Aperio Intelligence said.