Russia says Ukraine’s Kremenchuk oil refinery hit in overnight strikes

The Russian Defence Ministry says its forces struck an oil refinery in Kremenchuk, central Ukraine, during an overnight attack, TASS reports.

It said the refinery was producing fuel for Ukraine’s armed forces.

The ministry also claimed that Russian forces struck the JTI Ukraine tobacco factory in Kremenchuk, where it said small-arms ammunition was being produced.

It said sea-launched Zircon hypersonic missiles were used in the attack.

The ministry further claimed that a metallurgical plant in Kryvyi Rih producing goods for military production was hit, as well as a dry cargo vessel carrying military-related cargo to the port of Odesa.

By Aghakazim Guliyev