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====== Slavyansk Refinery ======

On May 19, a Ukrainian drone slammed into the <wrap hi>70,000-barrel-a-day</wrap> Slavyansk oil refinery <wrap hi>in southern Russia’s Krasnodar region</wrap>, sending a fireball into the sky, according to videos circulating on social media.((https://archive.ph/isdp1#selection-3823.0-3833.168))

It was the third time in two months that Ukrainian forces hit the <wrap hi>relatively small plant</wrap> located several hundred kilometers from the front, dodging Russian air defense systems.((https://archive.ph/isdp1#selection-3839.0-3839.176))

The Slavyansk refinery is capable of processing 4 million tons of oil a year and is one of the closest facilities to war zone in eastern Ukraine.((https://archive.ph/ggpR1#selection-1653.0-1653.145))

The facility, which processes 4 million tons of crude per year, or about 80,000 barrels a day, was previously a target of drone attacks in March and April.((Bloomberg))