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<\/p>\nUkraine has hit a major Russian oil refinery with British missiles, Ukrainian military and security officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n
The Storm Shadow missiles caused multiple explosions at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov, according to the Ukrainian General Staff.<\/p>\n
“Multiple explosions were recorded. The target was hit,” the General Staff said on \u200dthe Telegram app on Thursday.<\/p>\n
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The refinery was one of southern Russia’s biggest suppliers of oil products and was supplying diesel and jet fuel to Russian troops fighting in Ukraine, according to the officials.<\/p>\n
The UK gave Ukraine<\/a><\/strong> permission to use its Storm Shadow missiles inside Russia last year, with the first known strikes<\/a><\/strong> happening in November that year.<\/p>\n Image: Ukrainian-made long-range drones hit oil product tanks in Russia’s Temryuk port in the Krasnodar region \u200band a gas processing plant in Orenburg.<\/p>\n The Orenburg plant is the largest facility of its kind and is around 1,400km (870 miles) from the Ukrainian border.<\/p>\n Datawrapper<\/p>\n This content is provided by Datawrapper, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Datawrapper cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Russian officials in Krasnodar said two oil product tanks caught fire at the southern port of Temryuk after the drone attack.<\/p>\n Read more from Sky News:<\/strong> Flames covered about \u200c2,000 square metres, authorities at the Krasnodar operational headquarters said \u2060on Telegram.<\/p>\n Both Kyiv and Moscow have stepped up their attacks on energy facilities in recent months.<\/p>\n Kyiv has increased its strikes on Russia’s oil refineries and other energy infrastructure since August as it seeks to cut The chart shows oil refineries struck by Ukraine in the months leading up to December.<\/p>\n Datawrapper<\/p>\n This content is provided by Datawrapper, which may be using cookies and other technologies. Unfortunately we have been unable to verify if you have consented to Datawrapper cookies. Enable Cookies<\/a> Elsewhere in the conflict, Russian officials said there had been “slow but steady progress” in peace negotiations with the United States.<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/skynews-storm-shadow-missile_7057837.jpg\")
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\n A long-range air-launched Storm Shadow cruise missile. Pic: PA<\/p>\n
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