Russia Strikes Ukrainian Oil Refinery in Fresh Blow to Kyiv’s Energy Infrastructure

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirms Russian strike on an oil refinery in central Ukraine’s Poltava region.

A damaged residential building after a missile strike in Poltava, Ukraine, on Feb. 1, 2025. Sergey Bobok/AFP via Getty Images

Russian forces have struck a key oil refinery in central Ukraine, according to both Moscow’s Ministry of Defence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“The Russian Armed Forces launched a massed high-precision strike by long-range air- and sea-based weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles on an oil refinery in Kremenchuk,” Russia’s defense ministry said in a June 15 statement.