Russian Lukoil oil refinery struck by multiple Ukrainian drones, military intelligence source claims Russian assault intensity declines, focuses on Pokrovsk sector, monitoring group reports Australian POW feared executed by Russia is alive,

A Lukoil oil refinery in the Russian oblast of Nizhny Novgorod was struck by multiple Ukrainian drones in the early hours of Jan. 29, a military intelligence (HUR) source told the Kyiv Independent. Drone strikes were reported by local officials across several Russian regions overnight,

Ukrainian forces conducted drone strikes on an oil pumping station and missile arsenal in Russia's Tver region, causing damage and igniting a fire.

It is one of the largest Ukrainian operations of its kind during the war and the second massive drone attack this week. On Friday, Ukraine hit another Russian oil refinery and targeted Moscow during an attack involving a wave of at least 121 drones.

A major fire broke out at the Lukoil refinery in the Russian town of Kstovo, one of the country’s most profitable oil processing plants, after what local authorities described as a drone attack.

Attack in Russia’s Bryansk region focused on Novozbykov pumping station, crucial for Druzhba pipeline, with multiple fires reported in the area.

It is known that by the end of 2022, the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery processed 15 million tons of oil, or 5% of the total oil refining volume in the Russian Federation as a whole. This plant is the fourth largest in terms of oil production in the Russian Federation.

Ukraine launched one of the largest drone attacks across nine Russian regions overnight, hitting the second major oil refinery in a week.

In the early hours of Wednesday, January 29, a drone attack targeted the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez <a target=_blank href=

Four Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Lukoil refinery early Wednesday morning causing fires and significant damage, according to Ukraine's military intelligence. It comes days after Russia's Ryazan oil refinery was hit.