Ukrainian drones struck the KINEF refinery in Russia's Leningrad region on Monday, causing major fires and damaging three oil processing units. Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko stated that air defences shot down 113 drones targeting the region, though debris from one struck the roof of a multi-storey building in Vsevolozhsk, resulting in the death of a resident.
Owned by the Surgutneftegaz group, KINEF is the largest refinery in northwest Russia and the second largest nationally behind the Omsk facility. The plant processes approximately 18 million tonnes of crude oil a year, accounting for about 7% of Russia's total refining capacity, and supplies aviation fuel to St Petersburg's Pulkovo airport. The facility has been targeted multiple times by Ukrainian forces since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022, and its owner was placed under EU, US and UK sanctions in 2025.
Russia's Defence Ministry reported that its forces intercepted 430 Ukrainian drones across 14 regions and occupied Crimea overnight, although Euronews could not independently verify these claims. Amid these developments, Rosneft announced a cap on petrol and diesel sales at its filling stations taking effect in regions including Karelia, Buryatia, Zabaykalsky Krai, Novosibirsk, Arkhangelsk and Penza. Customers face transaction limits of 30 litres for petrol and 50 litres on motorways, with separate caps applied in Krasnoyarsk Krai and recommended in the Leningrad region.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's air force reported that Russian forces launched 317 Shahed drones since Monday evening, of which 276 were shot down, causing impacts and falling debris across numerous locations. A drone strike on a food warehouse in Odesa killed three people, while other strikes resulted in deaths and injuries in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kremenchuk, where a children's rehabilitation centre was destroyed. Additional Russian strikes injured power workers in Sumy and repeatedly targeted rescue teams in Kamyshivakha as they cleared rubble from a previous attack.
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