Russia managed to restore part of the refinery attacked by Ukrainian drones

Russia managed to restore part of the installations at oil refineries damaged by Ukrainian drone attacks. This happened despite the lack of access to Western technologies. This is reported Reuters.

According to the agency, production at oil refineries in SamaraSyzrany and Ryazan. They were attacked on March 13 and 16. In April, the processing capacity of Russian factories will increase from 4.1 to 4.4 million tons, the agency indicates. Earlier it was reported about the successful repair of the plant in the Krasnodar region.

Since the beginning of the year, Ukrainian drones have damaged 18 refineries, which led to a reduction in production by almost 14 percent. The drones are presumably aimed at primary oil refining facilities, analyzed oil expert Sergey Vakulenko in his mailing list. He calls these targets easy to target, but notes that they can most often be repaired on site, and most of the parts are made in Russia.

Against the background of the attacks is Russia increased export of crude oil to foreign markets. The Washington Post newspaper wrote, that the United States asked Kiev to stop attacks on refineries: the publication claims that the White House is afraid of rising oil prices. The last successful attack on the refinery took place on April 2: it was damaged was plant in Nizhnekamsk.