One of the largest Russian oil refineries hit Ukrainian Drones, who started a fire on Sunday, said Russian officials and the Ukraine army.

The strike at Kirishi’s refinery, in the Russian northwestern Leningrad region, follows the weeks of Ukrainian attacks on the Russian oil infrastructure, which Kiyiv says to encourage war effort in Moscow. The facility, operated by the Russian oil major of surgutneftegas, produces approximately 17.7 million metric tons of raw oil per year – which is an equivalent of about 355,000 barrels a day – and is one of the first three oil producers to Russian.

According to the Ukrainian general staff, explosions and fires were reported in the refinery. He posted a photo appearing in which the flames and clouds of smoke in the night sky are displayed.

The Ukrainian drone command confirmed that he had attacked the refinery and said that he “committed a successful strike.”

Regional Government Alexander Drozdenko said three unmanned aircraft were lowered overnight in the Kerishi area, and a debris drop caused a fire in the facility. He said no one was injured and the flame was extinguished.

Russian officials did not immediately comment on the consequences of the strike. At least 80 Ukrainian unmanned spacecraft was demolished over Russia overnight, occupied with Crimea and the neighboring sea of ​​Azov, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

Russia remains the second largest oil exporter, but the seasonal increase in demand and permanent Ukrainian strikes of drones have caused a lack of gasoline in recent weeks. In order to try to facilitate the lack, Russia has stopped gasoline exports, and officials have declared a complete ban on Wednesday until September 30 and a partial ban that affects merchants and mediators until October 31.

On Saturday, President Trump called on NATO countries to stop buying Russian oil as a way to end more than a three-year war in Ukraine.

Mr. Trump posted Truth social On Saturday, a letter allegedly sent to NATO, who said he was “ready to do great sanctions on Russia” provided that all NATO countries stop buying a Russian oil. The president said that the dedication of the military federation to win the war in Ukraine is “far less than 100%” and the purchase of Russian oil by some “shocking” members.

“That is greatly weakening your negotiating position and negotiating power over Russia,” Mr. Trump wrote.

Since 2023, NATO member Turkey is the third largest buyer of Russian oil, after China and India, according to Europe based in Europe for energy and clean air exploration. Other members of the 32 countries involved in the purchase of Russian oil include Hungary and Slovakia.

Meanwhile, the European Union is complying with its deadline for the abolition of Russian oil and gas imports by 2028, she decided last week, despite pressure from the US to move faster, Reuters reported.

Drones appeared as a key weapon for both sides. More Russian drones moved to Poland on Wednesday, forcing NATO to send fighter jets to knock them down and underline long-term concern that fighting could be shed beyond Ukraine’s borders.

On Saturday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters that NATO had been responding to the drones “appropriately” and now believes it is “unacceptable and unhappy and dangerous development.”

“There is no doubt that the drones are deliberately launched,” he said. “The question is whether the drones were targeted to enter Poland in particular. If this is the case, if the evidence leads us there, it will obviously be a very explained move.”