Ukrainian military hits Russia's oil infrastructure in Volgograd region, Kyiv says


KYIV, ⁠June 13 (Reuters) - Ukrainian ⁠military has ‌hit an oil processing and pumping facility ​near the ⁠village of ⁠Kotovo in Russia's ⁠Volgograd ‌region, causing ⁠a fire, the Ukrainian ​General ‌Staff said on ⁠Saturday.

It ​said on the Telegram ⁠app that the ​facility handles processing, transportation, and pumping ⁠of oil via pipelines to Russian oil ​refineries ⁠and its export ​infrastructure.

(Reporting ‌by Olena Harmash, ​Editing by Louise Heavens)

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