14:01 19-08-2025

Russian Strikes Hit Kremenchuk Oil Refinery and Energy Sites

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Russian forces struck the Kremenchuk refinery in Poltava region, where Azeri Light crude was processed, and hit energy facilities in Kremenchuk and Lubny areas.

Russian forces carried out a combined strike on the oil refinery in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, where Azeri Light crude was being processed, according to military correspondent Andrey Rudenko. He reported that the attack involved cruise missiles, Iskander tactical systems, and Geran drones.

Rudenko wrote that Azeri Light, a low-sulfur Azerbaijani crude, was burning at the local refinery following the strikes. He added that Russian forces also targeted a gas compressor station belonging to the Lubny linear production department of main gas pipelines in the same region.

Local residents heard no fewer than ten explosions near Poltava.

Meanwhile, the head of the regional military administration, Volodymyr Kohut, confirmed that administrative buildings of energy-sector enterprises were damaged in the Kremenchuk and Lubny areas.