The Ryazan Oil Refinery in Russia has suspended operations due to damage from Ukrainian drone attacks, Reuters reported on Jan. 27, citing two industry sources. Ukraine confirmed hitting the plant in an overnight drone strike on Jan.

Reuters reports that Russia's Ryazan oil refinery has suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone attack late last week. Source: Reuters, citing sources Details: The sources said an oil storage facility at the refinery caught fire.

The reported strike comes two nights after Ukrainian forces launched a joint attack against the refinery that allegedly damaged multiple on-site facilities.

Ukraine also said it had hit the Ryazan refinery. Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's centre for countering disinformation, described the refinery as one target, along with the Kremniy plant in Bryansk, which Kyiv says produces microelectronics for Russian weapons systems.

As Ukrinform reported earlier, on the night of January 24, Russia confirmed a drone attack on 11 regions, the capital, and occupied Crimea. It was later clarified that the drones hit the Ryazan refinery, which was confirmed by the Security Service of Ukraine and the Special Operations Forces.

Ukraine on Sunday said that it repeatedly struck an oil refinery in Russia’s Ryazan region, the second such attack claimed by Kyiv this week. A statement by Ukraine’s General Staff claimed that the country’s armed forces, together with Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence, repeatedly struck facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company.

The General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed an attack overnight that hit Russia's Ryazan Oil Refinery and the Ryazan Thermal Power Plant, leaving them ablaze Thursday morning.

The Ryazan oil refinery, one of Russia's largest refineries, has temporarily halted operations following strikes by Ukrainian forces, Reuters reports. Unnamed industry sources told Reuters that an oil storage facility at the plant was set on fire.