Russia's Syzran oil refinery has stopped processing crude oil since it was damaged in a Ukrainian drone strike on 5 December.

Source: Reuters, citing industry sources

Details: Ukraine and Russia are continuing to target each other's energy infrastructure as peace talks stall.

Ukrainian forces said on Friday that they carried out long-range strikes on the Syzran oil refinery and the Temryuk port in Krasnodar Krai on the night of 4-5 December.

The sources told Reuters that the drones hit the CDU-6 crude distillation unit – key refinery equipment that had previously been targeted by drones in August and required two weeks of repairs at that time.

One source said the current repair could take about a month.

For reference: Industry sources told Reuters that last year, the Syzran refinery's oil processing was well below its design capacity, at around 90,000 barrels per day, or 4.3 million metric tons.

The plant produced 800,000 tonnes of petrol, 1.5 million tonnes of diesel and 700,000 tonnes of fuel oil last year.

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