Ukraine says it has hit a major Russian oil refinery with long

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Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s major Volgograd refinery Thursday, processing 5.6% of the nation’s total oil capacity, in the second attack on the facility in three months.

As diplomatic efforts fail, Ukraine targets Russian oil refineries to cut Moscow’s export revenue while Russia attacks Ukraine’s power grid in what Kyiv calls weaponizing winter.

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery in Russia’s Volgograd region for the second time in almost three months, Ukraine’s general staff said Thursday. Russian officials did not confirm the attack, although the local governor said drones started a fire at an unspecified industrial facility in the region.

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