General Staff confirmed the strike on the Lukoil oil refinery and damage to reservoirs with a capacity of 140,000 cubic meters
Kyiv • UNN
The AFU struck the Lukoil oil refinery and damaged four reservoirs at the Yaroslavl-3 station. Control points and ammunition depots in the enemy's rear were also attacked.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery and other enemy targets, and also clarified the results of the strike on the Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station, UNN reports.
Details
"On May 19 and on the night of May 20, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important targets of the Russian occupiers," the General Staff statement reads.
In particular, the AVT-6 primary oil refining unit was hit, followed by a fire at the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in the area of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region of the Russian Federation
"According to the results of the strike on the Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station in Semibratovo (Yaroslavl region, RF), damage to four tanks with a total volume of 140,000 m³ has been preliminarily confirmed," the General Staff added.
The station is an important element of the Russian Federation's oil transportation system and is involved in supporting the military-industrial infrastructure of the aggressor state.
"Enemy control points in Soledar, Donetsk region, and command and observation posts of the occupiers in the areas of Lyubymivka, Kherson region, and Ivanivske in the Donetsk region were also hit. In addition, enemy UAV control points were struck in the areas of Piddubne and Perebudova in the Donetsk region, Hulyaypole in the Zaporizhzhia region, as well as Elizavetovka in the Kursk region of the RF," the General Staff indicated.
Among other things, according to the General Staff, "Ukrainian soldiers struck concentrations of enemy manpower in the area of Novoukrainka, Zaporizhzhia region, and in Myrne, Snizhne, and the city of Donetsk in the Donetsk region."
"Furthermore, an aggressor's ammunition depot in the area of Marynivka, Zaporizhzhia region, and an enemy repair unit in Sievierodonetsk, Luhansk region, were hit," the General Staff report says.