"They added the refinery "supports the activities of the Russian occupation forces" and was "attacked at around midnight local time."The refinery is located around 800 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The Lukoil refinery of Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod, in Russia has been severely hit by UAVs. Flames are consuming large parts of the facility, which processes annually 15 million tons of crude oil. It is the forth largest refinery in Russia in terms of production. pic.twitter.com/ZAhUTpbDqL— (((Tendar))) (@Tendar) January 29, 2025 The Kyiv Independent could not verify the claims, but overnight local Telegram channels reported that drones targeted the Lukoil Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, resulting in a large fire.Video footage circulating online showed flames at the facility, which local monitoring channels identified as the likely target of the attack.Governor Gleb Nikitin confirmed that air defense systems had shot down multiple drones, and fragments from the intercepted UAVs fell on the industrial site.