Zelensky confirms drone attack on oil refinery in Russia's Perm
on Google
President Zelensky confirmed a drone strike on Russia's Perm oil refinery overnight on Aug. 21.
Videos shared by Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ purportedly show explosions and a fire in Perm, a city roughly 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) from Ukraine.
Exilenova+ said local residents reported a series of explosions at the refinery. OSINT analysts from ASTRA, an independent Russian Telegram channel, geolocated footage showing smoke rising near the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery.
"We continue to use our long-range sanctions to return the consequences of the war to where it came from," Zelensky wrote on his Telegram channel.
Local authorities warned residents of incoming unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) around 6.30 a.m. local time. Around the same time, temporary restrictions were introduced at Bolshoe Savino airport in Perm, ASTRA wrote. These have since been lifted.
Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 325 Ukrainian drones overnight.
A previous attack on Jul. 29 struck the Lukoil-operated Perm oil refinery, one of Russia's largest.
Ukraine has intensified attacks on oil refineries and other energy facilities in Russia to disrupt fuel supplies to the Russian military and reduce revenues financing Moscow's war against Ukraine.
