Russia's Ilsky oil refinery on fire after overnight Ukrainian drone attack

Russia's Ilsky oil refinery in its southern ​Krasnodar region caught fire after an overnight Ukrainian ‌drone attack, local authorities said on Tuesday, part of Kyiv's campaign to starve Russia's economy of oil revenues, Report informs via Reuters.

Kyiv has been systematically ​targeting Russia's energy infrastructure in an effort ​to limit Moscow's ability to finance its more ⁠than four-year-old war in Ukraine at a time ​of high global oil prices.

General ​Staff, which has repeatedly hit the Ilsky refinery this year, confirmed it had struck it again, saying ​the facility produced fuel for the Russian ​army fighting in Ukraine.

The ⁠Ilsky refinery has a capacity of around 138,000 barrels per day.

Ukrainian President ​Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday that his forces ​had ⁠struck 15 Russian oil refineries in multiple attacks between January and May, creating shortages of ⁠fuel ​in Crimea and other Russian-held ​regions.