Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at Volgograd oil refinery, killing four. Lines form at gas stations across city.

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia’s Volgograd region, sparking a fire at an industrial facility and causing fatalities, regional governor Andrey Bocharov said.Bocharov said overnight on November 13 that the fall of “drone debris” at a plant in Volgograd’s southern industrial zone had caused “localized fires.” By morning, he added that four plant employees had died and two were hospitalized.Ukrainian monitoring channels reported that the Volgograd oil refinery, owned by Lukoil, was on fire.According to the Telegram channel Exilenova+, this was the 13th attack on the Volgograd refinery since the start of the full-scale war. In early October, Reuters reported that the refinery had completely halted oil processing after another Ukrainian drone attack.Lines began forming at gas stations in Volgograd after the drone attack, local outlets reported. V1.ru said popular gasoline brands at chain gas stations rose by 50 kopecks overnight on November 13.Ukrainian drones also headed toward Moscow overnight on November 13. Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said 467 drones flew toward the Moscow region from the evening of November 12 until morning. He said air defense forces destroyed most of the drones “at distant frontiers” and neutralized 144 more as they approached Moscow.Restrictions on arrivals and departures were imposed overnight at all four Moscow airports (Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, Vnukovo, and Zhukovsky) and lifted by morning.At Meduza, we are committed to transparency about our use of artificial intelligence in the newsroom. The story you’re reading was written by one of our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an AI model configured to follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is the result of extensive testing and refinements to ensure our English-language coverage is timely and accurate. A Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.If you find any errors in this translation, please contact us at [email protected].To read Meduza’s exclusive content in English, please subscribe to our newsletter.