General Staff of the AFU confirmed strikes on the "Yaroslavl-3" oil pumping station and the Volgograd Oil Refinery
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On the night of May 29, the Volgograd Oil Refinery, the Yaroslavl-3 station, and a Tor-M2 SAM system were hit. The plant has suspended operations, and two large reservoirs are on fire at the oil depot.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed strikes on the Volgograd Oil Refinery, the "Yaroslavl-3" oil pumping station, the "Tor-M2" SAM system, a logistics warehouse, and enemy UAV control points, UNN reports.
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As stated, "on May 28 and on the night of May 29, 2026, units of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a number of important facilities of the Russian occupiers."
The Volgograd Oil Refinery (Volgograd, Volgograd region, RF) was hit. A fire was recorded on the territory. Primary oil distillation units AVT-1, AVT-3, AVT-5, and AVT-6, as well as secondary oil processing units, were struck. The plant has halted production processes,
The scale of the damage is being clarified.
The Volgograd Oil Refinery, as noted, is part of the Lukoil oil company structure and is one of the largest oil refining enterprises in southern Russia. Its refining capacity is approximately 14 million tons of oil per year. The enterprise produces gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation kerosene, and other petroleum products, specifically to support military logistics and the needs of the Russian army.
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The "Yaroslavl-3" oil pumping station (Yaroslavl region, RF) was hit. A target strike and a fire on the station's territory were recorded. The burning of two oil reservoirs with capacities of 50,000 m3 and 20,000 m3 is confirmed,
The scale of the damage is being clarified.
The "Yaroslavl-3" oil pumping station, as noted, is a hub station for the "Surgut-Polotsk" pipeline, through which oil from Siberia and northern Russia travels to the Baltic ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, and to Belarus. It is part of the structure of the Russian state company Transneft.
"An enemy 'Tor-M2' anti-aircraft missile system was also hit in the Berdyansk area of the Zaporizhzhia region. In addition, an enemy command and observation post was struck in the area of Lyman Pershyi in the Kharkiv region, as well as enemy UAV control points in the areas of Tyotkino (Kursk region, RF), Komar in the Donetsk region, and Nesteryanka in the Zaporizhzhia region. A logistics warehouse of the enemy (Aidar, Luhansk region) was also hit," the General Staff stated.
Furthermore, according to the General Staff, "Ukrainian soldiers struck areas of enemy manpower concentration in the areas of Novopetrivka and Novohryhorivka in Zaporizhzhia, Rodynske in the Donetsk region, Kleven (Kursk region, RF), Sichneve in the Dnipropetrovsk region, and Basivka in the Sumy region."