In December, Ukrainian drones targeted oil depots and refineries in Smolensk, Oryol, Bryansk and Rostov — an area that had previously been targeted in July. The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces claimed that the July attack on the Rostov refinery destroyed 1.5 million tons of oil and oil products worth $540 million (£433m).

Explosions were heard in the city of Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia on the night of January 29, amid reports of drone activity. Preliminary reports indicate that an oil refinery was struck,

Eyewitnesses of the attack of Ukrainian drones on the Sibur-Kstovo oil company in the Nizhny Novgorod region reported explosions, after which a fire started.

On the night of January 29, units of the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces

Ukraine hits second major Russian oil refinery in a week after Zelensky hails Kyiv’s growing long-range drone capabilities as ‘bringing the war back to Russia’

The Ukrainian military announced a drone strike on an oil refinery in Kstovo, Russia, resulting in a massive fire. The refinery, located in the Nizhny Novgorod region, experienced significant damage,

Russian petrochemicals giant Sibur said it had temporarily suspended operations at its plant in Kstovo, in the Nizhny Novgorod region, on Wednesday morning (January 29) after debris from a Ukrainian drone sparked a fire overnight.