OIL REFINERY IN RUSSIA'S LENINGRAD REGION SET ABLAZE AFTER DRONE ATTACK SAYS GOVERNOR

A drone attack reportedly set an oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad Region on fire, according to the regional governor. The immediate market transmission runs through supply disruption: a refinery outage removes processing capacity and can tighten refined product availability, particularly diesel and gasoline, even though crude demand at the refinery is curtailed rather than eliminated. Refined product markets and Russia-linked energy assets are most directly exposed, as are European product spreads given the region's role in supplying northwest Russian and export-bound volumes. Traders will be watching the scale and duration of the outage, along with any official statements on restart timelines and whether additional Russian refining or export infrastructure is targeted.

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