Omsk region Governor Vitaly Khotsenko said on the Russian messaging ​app MAX that Ukraine had attacked the refinery.Vyacheslav Prokofyev/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s largest oil refinery – POLITICO

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Ukrainian drones on Monday attacked Russia's Omsk oil refinery, the country's largest, damaging an essential part of refinery, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said in a statement.

Videos of a large fire and clouds of smoke billowing from the plant were shared by Ukrainian and Russian social media channels. It was unclear how much damage the refinery had sustained.

The Gazprom-owned oil refinery, located in Siberia, more than 2,500 kilometers away from the front line, processes more than 22 million tons of oil per year — around 10 percent of the total oil refined in Russia.