By Sergei Doubine & Russian Euronews
Published on •Updated
Ukrainian drones struck the KINEF refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region on Monday, causing major fires and damaging three oil processing units.
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Leningrad Governor Alexander Drozdenko said air defenses shot down 113 drones targeting the region, but debris from one hit the roof of a multi-story building in Vsevolozhsk, killing a resident.
Three main processing units at the Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) factory were damaged.
KINEF, the largest refinery in northwest Russia and the second largest in the country after Omsk, belongs to the Surgutneftegaz group and processes around 18 million tonnes of crude oil per year, or around 7% of Russia’s total refining capacity.
The plant produces gasoline, diesel, aviation kerosene, fuel oil, bitumen and petrochemicals and supplies aviation fuel to St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport. Its nominal capacity is 20 to 21 million tonnes per year.
The refinery has been repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian forces since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. Surgutneftegaz was placed under EU, US and UK sanctions in 2025.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down 430 Ukrainian drones in 14 regions and occupied Crimea overnight. Euronews was unable to independently verify these claims.
Rosneft announced on Monday that it was capping sales of gasoline and diesel at its gas stations. The restrictions came into force in Karelia, Buryatia, the Zabaykalsky Krai and the Novosibirsk, Arkhangelsk and Penza regions, according to Russian media.
In cities, customers are limited to 30 liters of gasoline per transaction; on the highway, the ceiling is 50 liters. In Krasnoyarsk Krai, separate limits apply: 30 liters of AI-95, 50 liters of AI-92 and 100 liters of diesel per customer.
Authorities in the Leningrad region also recommended that gas stations limit sales of gasoline to 30 liters and diesel to 50 liters per transaction.
Russian strikes against Ukraine persist
Russian forces have launched 317 Shahed drones since Monday evening, including 105 jet variants and Banderol/Dan-T, Gerbera and decoy drones, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Of these, 276 were shot dead. Impacts were recorded in 31 locations and falling debris in nine others.
A drone strike on a food warehouse in Odessa Monday morning killed three people and left one in serious condition.
Two people were killed and seven injured in strikes in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Nine people, including children, were injured in attacks in the Kharkiv region on Tuesday.
Six people, including a child, were injured in strikes on Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding areas.
Seven people were injured in a drone strike on Kremenchuk, in the Poltava region, including a 16-year-old boy. A rehabilitation center for disabled children was destroyed in the attack.
In Sumy, three electricity sector workers were injured Monday morning when a Russian strike hit their vehicle.
Russian forces struck rescue teams in Kamyshivakha three times with drones as they cleared rubble from a Nov. 2 Russian airstrike that killed 55 people. Up to 19 of them could still be trapped under the debris. Police have identified 30 of the dead.
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