{"id":582569,"date":"2025-11-20T13:13:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582569\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T13:13:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:13:18","slug":"bbc-verify-live-footage-shows-major-russian-refinery-ablaze-for-second-time-in-a-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/582569\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Verify Live: Footage shows major Russian refinery ablaze for second time in a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Timeline: Strikes, fires and suspensions at Russia\u2019s Ryazan oil refinerypublished at 12:44 GMT<\/p>\n<p>12:44 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/b6b4f027-1d45-450c-b3d4-f4e9cdd82ebd.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/><strong>Paul Brown<\/strong><br \/>BBC Verify senior journalist<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Smoke could be seen issuing from the refinery in a video we verified in March\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/e4e4a132-d951-4df9-9850-a297f4319441.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"556\" height=\"312\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, TelegramImage caption, <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Verified footage from March this year shows smoke and an explosion at the refinery<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As we reported earlier, verified video shows a fire at the Ryazan oil refinery in Russia following reports of a Ukrainian drone strike. The facility has been repeatedly targeted by Ukraine as part of an ongoing campaign against Russian energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The refinery is operated by the state-run oil company Rosneft and contributes to supplying power for the Moscow region. Repeated drone strikes since January have resulted in frequent suspensions of activity, according to Reuters reporting.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If confirmed, this will be the eighth reported strike on the refinery this year and the second this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Here\u2019s a timeline of what we know:<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">23-24 January<\/b>: Ukraine says it targeted the refinery as part of a drone strikes across multiple regions. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cvg84r5g8d0o\" class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Verified footage shows fire burning and smoke billowing into the air<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">25-26 January<\/b>: The Ukrainian military says it has been hit by drones again. Some operations are suspended, according to Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">23 February<\/b>: Reuters reports all operations have been suspended following a strike. Nasa satellites detect fires on the southern edge of the site. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">23 March<\/b>: Verified footage shows smoke rising from the refinery, followed by an explosion. The sounds of gunfire and the buzz of a drone in the background suggest air defences are operating before the blast. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">21 May<\/b>: Nasa detects fires at the refinery following reports of drone strikes. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">5 September<\/b>: The commander of Ukraine&#8217;s drone forces says the refinery has been hit again. Multiple fires are detected by Nasa satellites. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-cgjb6m-Keyword e2vephq0\">15 November<\/b>:  Operations are again suspended following a drone strike, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Timeline: Strikes, fires and suspensions at Russia\u2019s Ryazan oil refinerypublished at 12:44 GMT 12:44 GMT Paul BrownBBC Verify&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":582424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,26],"class_list":{"0":"post-582569","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-news","9":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115582207174989236","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=582569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/582569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/582424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=582569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=582569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=582569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}