{"id":2666,"date":"2025-03-03T11:18:12","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=2666"},"modified":"2025-03-03T11:18:37","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T11:18:37","slug":"ukraine-blows-up-major-russian-oil-refinery-on-day-zelensky-arrives-back-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/?p=2666","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine \u2018blows up major Russian oil refinery\u2019 on day Zelensky arrives back home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Ukraine may have launched a major attack on Russian soil just as President Volodymyr Zelensky returned from a diplomatic tour of the US and Europe.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>His country\u2019s future seemed uncertain after the international visits. While European leaders lined up to voice support for Ukraine, US President Donald Trump threatened to abandon Ukraine to handle Russia itself.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018You\u2019re either going to make a deal or we\u2019re out,\u2019 Trump said on Friday, refusing to reinforce any ceasefire with US military might.<\/p>\n<p>Trump appears to be cosying up to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin over NATO allies in Europe, claiming the pair had spoken on \u2018numerous occasions\u2019 since a phone call on February 12.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Metro Embed Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/video\/embed\/3385083\" width=\"540\" height=\"353\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Is that true, reporters asked Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov. No further meetings, he said \u2013 not any the public should know about, at least. Zelensky left the Oval Office humiliated on Friday, Ukraine\u2019s alliance with the USA appearing to go up in flames. Just as Zelensky arrived back in Ukraine on Sunday after a stopover to rally the allies in London, a major Russian oil refinery also went up in flames.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2667\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2667\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2667\" src=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313202-86c7.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313202-86c7.webp 646w, https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313202-86c7-300x197.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2667\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It took 100 firefighters several hours to put out the fire (Picture: Mash Batash\/e2w)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Explosions rocked the Ufimsky fuel facility in Ufa, a city near the Ural mountains 1,165km east of Moscow. Flames could be seen rising above the city\u2019s skyline as it burned for hours overnight. The blasts, so big locals thought it was an earthquake, may have been caused by a pinpoint drone strike launched by Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Russia blamed the fire on unspecified technical issues near the furnace at the Bashneft-owned facility, which processes up to 168,000 barrels of oil a day. But video footage shared on Russian Telegram channels in the early hours of this morning show an explosion outside the building before it was engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2668\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2668\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2668\" src=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242331030-34ff.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242331030-34ff.webp 646w, https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242331030-34ff-287x300.webp 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2668\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The oil refinery is roughly 1,500km from Ukraine (Picture: Metro)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Russian defence ministry said its air defence units downed seven Ukrainian drones last night, but Ufa, Bashkiria, was not listed as a target.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine does officially confirm or deny strikes on refineries. But it is known to target them in an ongoing campaign to disrupt Russia\u2019s supply lines and hamper its economic capacity to fund the war.<\/p>\n<p>Last April, the company behind the Ufa refinery installed anti-drone nets around its facilities to protect against Ukrainian drones. An attack so deep inside Russia, far from the frontline in Ukraine, would show the country\u2019s ability to strike back against its aggressor even without US military support.<\/p>\n<p>Its burgeoning domestic drone industry has helped turn the tide in the Black Sea region, destroying much of Russia\u2019s far superior fleet there.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Russia used ballistic missiles to try and sink a container ship reportedly carrying a cargo of weapons to Ukraine as it docked at Odesa. In a message aimed at Donald Trump, recorded on his train back to Kyiv, Zelensky stressed the need for \u2018security guarantees\u2019 in a peace settlement.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u2018We need peace, not endless war. And that is why we say that security guarantees are the key to this.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018In the near future, all of us in Europe will shape our common positions \u2013 the lines we must achieve and the lines we cannot compromise on.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018These positions will be presented to our partners in the United States. Robust and lasting peace, and the right agreement on the end of the war are truly our shared priority.\u2019<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2669\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2669\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2669\" src=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313209-c770.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313209-c770.webp 646w, https:\/\/inhealthyzone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/SEI_242313209-c770-300x230.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2669\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The flames could be seen for miles across Ufa (Picture: east2west news)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The gathering also considered assembling a \u2018coalition of the wiling\u2019, including the UK and France, to provide a peacekeeping force to guarantee a ceasefire in Ukraine \u2013 if they can rally US support.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has made his support for a deal contingent on Ukraine signing over billions of its mineral wealth to the USA. Zelensky had been due to sign this deal when he visiting Washington DC last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian president has since said he is \u2018ready to sign it\u2019, despite that meeting descending into an on-camera argument.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine may have launched a major attack on Russian soil just as President Volodymyr Zelensky returned from a diplomatic tour of the US and Europe. His country\u2019s future seemed uncertain after the international visits. 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