Ukraine’s long-distance armed drones struck a major Russian oil refinery and a military base for Moscow’s elite own UAV unit in an overnight assault, Kyiv said.

Ukraine’s General Staff released video of the early Sunday strike showing the Novokuybyshevsk refinery , in Russia’s Samara region, after the latest drone assault on Moscow’s struggling oil facilities, the Kyiv Independent reported .

The refinery is one of Russia’s 10 largest oil facilities, with the Novokuybyshevsk site producing an estimated 8.8 million metric tons of oil every year.

Kyiv has defended the strikes against Russia’s oil facilities as a means to cripple Moscow’s ability to wage war by hurting its finances and the supply flow to its invading army.

The Novokuybyshevsk plant produces gasoline and fuel used b

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