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Russian Refineries Going Up In Flames

On January 30, 2025

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Following up on my Russia post, Ukraine has been hitting Russian oil refineries with drones. Oil refineries, depots, and pipelines are attractive targets because they provide the fuel to destroy themselves. Additionally, they provide fuel for the vehicles Russia is using in the war. Here’s a list of recent hits:

On January 4, drones covered a distance of over 900 kilometers, successfully striking Russia’s largest seaport, Ust-Luga, in the Leningrad region.
On January 8, drones traveled approximately 1,000 kilometers to hit an oil depot in Engels, a key fuel supplier for a military airfield.
On January 10, several areas of Russia’s Rostov region fell victim to a combination of missiles and drones targeting a plant for the production of propellant for ballistic missiles as well as weapons warehouses and a military training base.
On January 11, multiple locations, including Russian-occupied Crimea and several Russian cities, came under attack. A fire erupted in the port area of Novorossiysk, located 500 kilometers from the border.
On January 14, drones struck an oil depot in Engels, the Orgsintez plant in Kazan, the Saratov Oil Refinery, and the Bryansk Chemical Plant.
On January 15, an oil depot in the Voronezh region, about 200 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, caught fire.
On January 16, drones traveled more than 400 kilometers to reach the Tambov Gunpowder Plant.
On January 17, another drone strike targeted the Engels oil depot, where Russian authorities had just extinguished a six-day fire. This marked the third attack in two weeks.
On January 18, drones hit oil depots in Russia’s Tula and Kaluga regions.
On January 20, drones targeted aircraft manufacturing facilities in Kazan, 1,000 kilometers from the border, while also revisiting a familiar oil depot in the Voronezh region.
On January 21, drone strikes reached military-industrial sites in Smolensk, located 300 kilometers from the border.
On January 24, drones conducted successful strikes in Ryazan and Bryansk—over 500 and 110 kilometers from the border, respectively. In Ryazan, an oil refinery was illuminated by explosions, while in Bryansk, the Kremniy El plant was also hit.
On January 26, UAVs once again struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery, more than 500 kilometers from the border.
On January 29, drones successfully hit one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, located in Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region, approximately 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

I think I saw that there were two more hits last night. According to the article, Russian milbloggers are extremely upset. It’s not clear what influence they have or how accurately they know military plans, but they have been influential.