Key facts
- Russia's Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery suspended operations after a drone attack.
- Russia's air defense units destroyed about 50 drones over the Rostov region overnight.
- The Novoshakhtinsk refinery sells fuel mainly for export and has an annual capacity of 5 million metric tons of oil.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned Moscow that Ukraine would strike back if a truce on energy assets was not agreed upon before winter.
Russia's Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery suspended operations after a drone attack damaged the facility, Governor Yuri Slyusar said on Friday. Russia's air defense units destroyed about 50 drones over the Rostov region overnight, according to Slyusar. The refinery sells fuel mainly for export and has an annual capacity of 5 million metric tons of oil, or around 100,000 barrels per day. Heavy drone strikes on Russian refineries come after discussions at United Nations headquarters in New York on a potential energy-related ceasefire between Kyiv and Moscow. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he discussed with US President Donald Trump efforts to end the war with Russia, including a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets. Zelenskiy also warned Moscow at the UN that Ukraine would strike back and make the coming winter deeply painful for Russia if the two sides cannot agree a truce on energy assets before the cold sets in. Ukraine recently struck two major Russian oil refineries in Moscow and Yaroslavl.