Ukrainian drones strike Russia's Kirishi refinery again, about 800 kilometers from Ukraine

Ukrainian drones struck the Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis plant, known as Kinef, overnight, Kyiv Independent reported. The attack caused large explosions at a plant about 800 kilometers north of Ukraine that the outlet describes as Russia's second-largest refinery. Surgutneftegaz owns the plant, which processes about 20 million tonnes of crude a year, according to Ukrainian outlet NV.

Alexander Drozdenko, governor of the Leningrad region, confirmed drone hits in Kirishi's industrial zone. He said debris struck an apartment in a residential building and the family living there was evacuated, the independent Russian channel Ostorozhno Novosti reported. TASS reported that authorities set up a temporary accommodation center for residents of a building in Vsevolozhsk, a town near St. Petersburg, after drone debris fell there. Russian air defenses reported destroying more than 100 drones overnight, and the totals rose through the night.

Damage to processing units is not confirmed. A summary on my.ua said there was no confirmed information on whether the new strike hit production equipment. After an attack on August 30, the plant fully stopped processing oil because two primary distillation units were damaged. On the Ukrainian side, Russian strikes left schools in Zhytomyr without heating and forced a switch to remote learning, Ukrinform reported.