Ukraine strikes Russian oil refineries, missile production facilities, General Staff confirms

Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries and three facilities involved in missile production overnight on Sept. 25, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed.

Among the facilities targeted was the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm, Russia, located approximately 1,450 kilometers (900 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The refinery processes around 13 million metric tons of crude oil annually and produces fuel and other petroleum products. According to the General Staff, the facility is involved in supplying Russian forces with fuel and lubricants.

The second refinery was targeted in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov Oblast, approximately 200 kilometers (125 miles) from Ukrainian-controlled territory from which the attack was launched, the General Staff said.

A fire was reported at the facility, which has an annual processing capacity of around 7.5 million metric tons. The refinery is also a major supplier of petroleum products in southern Russia and contributes to supplying the Russian armed forces, according to the statement.

In addition, Ukrainian forces struck 64L6 Gamma-S1 and 39N6 Kasta-2E2 radar stations in the Novoshakhtinsk area.

Ukrainian forces also targeted the Iskra plant in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk, approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border, the General Staff said.

The facility is part of the Almaz-Antey aerospace and defense concern and is involved in Russia's military-industrial complex. The plant specializes in producing semiconductor devices, electronic equipment, measuring instruments, communications systems and specialized equipment, according to the General Staff.

The plant is also involved in the production of Kh-59M2/M2A guided aerial missiles and the 72V6 Pantsir-S air defense gun-missile system and its variants, the General Staff said.

Other facilities targeted in the operation included the Efremov Synthetic Rubber Plant in Efremov, Tula Oblast, and Voronezhsintezkauchuk in the Voronezh area of Voronezh Oblast.

Both facilities are involved in the production of solid rocket propellant, including for Iskander ballistic missiles, according to the General Staff.

The details could not be immediately verified by the Kyiv Independent.

Ukraine regularly strikes military infrastructure deep within Russia and the occupied territories in an effort to diminish Moscow's ability to continue waging its war.

Overnight on Sept. 24, Ukrainian drones allegedly targeted oil depots in Russia's Rostov Oblast and Krasnodar Krai, according to local authorities.

On Sept. 23, drones struck an area near an oil refinery in the city of Ufa, the capital of Russia's Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian independent outlet Astra reported, citing local residents.

The city is located around 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) from the Ukrainian-Russian border.

Meanwhile, Russia continues fatal strikes on Kyiv and cities across Ukraine. Two people were killed, and 8 others were injured as Russian ballistic missile explosions rocked Kyiv overnight on Sept. 24 in an attack that damaged a maternity hospital and residential buildings.