At night, Ukrainian drones attacked the Volgograd region, causing fires at the Lukoil refinery and the city hospital, reported the region's governor, Andrey Bocharov. “In the south of the city of Volgograd, as a result of falling UAV debris, a fire broke out on the roof of one of the buildings of hospital No. 16 and on the territory of the refinery,” Bocharov wrote, noting that no one was injured.
From one o'clock at night until almost four in the morning, Rosaviatsiya restricted the operation of the local airport.
According to the Ministry of Defense, Russian military shot down 13 drones over the Volgograd region overnight. Five drones were also destroyed in the sky over the Rostov region and annexed Crimea.
In Volgograd, there is a Lukoil oil refinery, which is among the top 10 in the country and is one of the largest producers of petroleum products in the Southern Federal District. The plant's capacity is 14.8 million tons per year. Previously, the enterprise was attacked on August 13 and 14. According to Reuters industry sources, the refinery had to stop oil processing because the primary units AVT-5, AVT-1, and AVT-6, which together provide 100% of the plant's capacity, were damaged. As the agency's interlocutors claimed, the plant ceased operations until approximately September.
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