Russia says it struck oil refinery that supplies Ukrainian army with fuel

A Russian military helicopter flies in the sky, in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Donetsk Region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, June 14, 2025. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian forces carried out an overnight strike on the Kremenchuk oil refinery that supplies fuel to Ukrainian forces in the Donbas region, Russia's defence ministry said on Sunday.

The ministry's statement said that missiles had been fired at the refinery in Ukraine's Poltava region from both sea and air and that strike drones were also used in what it said had been a successful attack.