A fire at the plant. Photo: Special Operations Forces of Ukraine
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Deep Strike units from Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) carried out successful strikes on three targets of Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure on the night of 28-29 October.
Source: Special Operations Forces; General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: The targets were:
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Mari Oil Refinery in the village of Tabashino, Republic of Mari El, Russia
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NS-Oil Refinery in the settlement of Novospasskoye, Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia
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Budennovsk Gas Processing Plant in the city of Budennovsk, Stavropol Krai, Russia
Explosions and fires were recorded at the sites. Local residents also confirmed the strikes.
The SOF described the Mari Oil Refinery as critical infrastructure for the Republic of Mari El. The plant produces 10 types of petroleum products and has a processing capacity of 1.6 million tonnes of crude per year.
NS-Oil Refinery produces the main petroleum products such as diesel, petrol and fuel oil. Its capacity stands at 600,000 tonnes of crude per year.
Budennovsk Gas Processing Plant has a design capacity of 2.2 billion cubic metres of gas per year. It supplies gas to the Budennovsk Thermal Power Plant and companies owned by Russian energy giant Lukoil in the oblast and serves as a feedstock source for the petrochemical sector.
The Special Operations Forces said they continue to conduct asymmetric actions to stop Russia and accelerate its strategic exhaustion.
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