Russian invaders destroyed the infrastructure of the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery by their shelling on Saturday morning, it is not operating, Head of Poltava Regional Military Administration Dmytro Lunin has said.

"Now I can state officially. Today, the invaders heavily shelled the Kremenchuk Oil Refinery and the surrounding warehouses for fuel and lubricants. Unfortunately, the infrastructure of the enterprise has been destroyed. The plant is not operating. Our rescuers continue to heroically put out the fire," Lunin wrote in his Telegram channel on Saturday evening.

According to him, this is not an environmental disaster, the State Emergency Service controls the situation.

At the same time, he said that according to this moment, several people who received burns were injured, but nothing threatens their lives.

"I ask the residents of Poltava region not to line up for gasoline and not create an artificial shortage. There is a war in Ukraine, the situation is very difficult, but completely controllable," Lunin said.