Ukrainian Drones Hit Refinery in Ryazan

24 January, 2025 Explosion of a tank with oil products at a refinery in Ryazan. Russia. January 24, 2025.

Footage from video from social networks Late on Thursday night, January 23, attack drones massively attacked an oil refinery in the Russian city of Ryazan. The Russian air defense tried to repel the attack, but the refinery was hit.

Eyewitnesses among local residents reported on social media that they had heard at least 10 loud explosions, followed by fires. Regional governor Pavel Malkov commented on the UAV attack, saying that air defense and electronic warfare (EW) systems had allegedly shot down the drones over the territory of the Ryazan region. He also added that there hadn't been any casualties.

Message from the Governor of the Ryazan Region about the drone attack on the night of January 24, 2025

Later, he wrote on his telegram channel that "the liquidation of the consequences of the air attack on Ryazan is underway.

All operational services are working". Without specifying what exactly happened. Meanwhile, local residents posted videos on social media showing several fire spots on the territory of the Ryazan Oil Refinery, which is part of Rosneft. Later, a powerful explosion of a large oil storage tank on the territory of the refinery was captured. The drone raid may have also hit equipment for refining oil into fuel.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Defence of the aggressor country said on Friday morning that air defense systems had allegedly shot down 121 drones. In particular, 20 of them were shot down over the territory of the Ryazan region.

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The Ryazan Oil Refinery, controlled by Rosneft, has a declared refining capacity of up to 17 million tons per year.

This makes it one of the largest refineries in Russia. It is located more than 450 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Ryazan oil refinery. Photo from open sources

The company is the main supplier of motor fuel for the regions around the Russian capital.

In early May last year, Militarnyi reported that Ukrainian planes had hit that Russian refinery.