Ukraine resumes attacks on Russian refineries with a major offensive in Samara

Ukraine has resumed attacks on Russian oil refineries after a pause of almost two weeks. It has done so with a major night offensive against facilities in the Samara region (southwest), as acknowledged by the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandr Nóvak. The area is home to several large oil refineries, as well as weapons factories.

The facilities reached are three refineries and a natural gas and petrochemical products processing complex, as Nóvak himself has admitted. The deputy prime minister has assured, however, that the anti-aircraft system has worked well and that the country's companies are working to reinforce its protection.

The current Ukrainian attacks against Russian oil refineries do not endanger the incipient trilateral peace negotiations, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov.

Two men died while carrying out cleaning work after the attack, as reported this Friday in a statement by the regional governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.

The Kremlin had stated this Friday that, with the early morning attacks, Ukraine was ignoring US President Donald Trump's request to stop attacks on Russian oil refineries.