Fire Put Out at Russia’s Volgograd Refinery After Drone Attack

Published on February 3, 2024

MOSCOW—A fire was extinguished at Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday following a drone attack, local authorities said. Russia and Ukraine have targeted each other’s energy infrastructure in strikes designed to disrupt supply lines and logistics and to demoralise their opponent as they try to get the edge in a nearly two-year-old conflict that shows no sign of ending. Russia energy infrastructure has been also hit by technical failures in the past month, adding to uncertainty in global oil and gas markets already rocked by the conflict in the Middle East. Volgograd governor, Andrey Bocharov, said on the local administration’s Telegram channel that there were no casualties from the incident....