Ukraine blasts one of Siberias largest oil refineries in what may be wars deepest strike into Russia: No safe regions

A daytime drone strike crippled the Tyumen oil refinery in Siberia on Saturday in what could be Kyiv’s deepest raid into Russian territory yet, as it accelerates devastating long-range attacks on the Kremlin’s critical energy infrastructure.Local residents heard at least two loud explosions mid-day, as staff were evacuated from the plant and more than 10 fire trucks rushed over, according to the Moscow Times’ Telegram channel.A thick plume of black smoke could be seen emanating from the refinery as fire raged at the largest oil processing facility in Western Siberia — about 1,550 miles from the Ukrainian border.“Deeper further.There will be no safe regions in Russia,” Serhii Sternenko, an advisor to Ukraine’s defense minister, wrote on X Saturday.

“Ukraine will bury the Russian colony.”Tyumen , one of Russia’s most important oil producing regions, is home to one of the country’s most modern oil refineries.It produces 44 million barrels of crude a year — with a maximal daily output of up to 160,000 barrels a day.

It also cranks out millions of barrels of diesel and gasoline annually.Ukraine’s forces also targeted oil and gas sites in occupied Crimea overnight, as it aims to turn the peninsula “into an island,” Defense Minister Myhailo Fedorov said earlier this week.The strikes come just two days after Kyiv’s drone attack on the Russian capital forced the Moscow Oil Refinery to shut down operations indefinitely, Ukraine’s military confirmed Friday.It disrupted commercial flights across Moscow overnight Thursday in one of its biggest attacks in more than four years of war.Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery and disrupted commercial flights across Moscow overnight Thursday in one of its biggest attacks in more than four years of war.That facility is one of the largest in the Russia, supplying about 40% of the Moscow fuel market, according to the Kyiv Independent.Meanwhile, Russian forces killed three Ukrainians and injured 45 o...