KIEV, Nov. 13 (Xinhua) -- Ukrainian defense forces struck an oil refinery owned by Russian oil company Lukoil in Russia's Volgograd overnight Thursday into Friday, Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces said.
The facility has an annual processing capacity of about 15 million tonnes of crude oil and produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, the General Staff said Friday in a statement posted on Telegram.
A fire broke out at the refinery following the strike. The attack damaged several primary oil processing units, a hydrotreating unit, a loading and unloading rack, as well as six storage tanks, each with a capacity of 2,000 cubic meters, it said.
The statement described the refinery as one of the key fuel supply facilities for the Russian army in the south, saying that fuel from the plant is transported to frontline positions and military airfields used for airstrikes against Ukraine. ■
