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Ukraine War Updates: A Major Russian Refinery Targeted and Civilians Escape Occupied Oleshky
An overnight drone attack reportedly set fire to one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, while a rare humanitarian ceasefire allowed civilians to escape a Ukrainian town devastated by years of occupation and fighting.
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By Sunday morning, footage reportedly showing flames at one of Russia’s largest oil refineries was circulating online. Authorities in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast acknowledged significant damage to an industrial facility in Kstovo, where Ukrainian sources said the Lukoil refinery had been struck.
A day earlier, buses carrying civilians out of Russian-occupied Oleshky crossed into Ukraine from Belarus. Families reunited after a rare ceasefire opened an evacuation route from a town where food and medicine had become increasingly difficult to find.
1. Drone Attack Reportedly Sets Fire to Major Russian Oil Refinery
The reported target was the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery, commonly known as NORSI, in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.
