MOSCOW, Aug 28 (Reuters) - Ukraine has systematically targeted Russian energy infrastructure to try to disrupt Russia's economy and its ability to fund its military effort.

Ukrainian officials say attacks have been carried out in retaliation for Russian strikes on the Ukrainian energy system.

Following is a chronology of some of the drone strikes on Russian oil refineries and infrastructure as well as major outages at the refineries.

Aug. 28 - A drone attacked an oil products reservoir in the town of Kotelnich in Russia's Kirov region, some 1,500 kilometres (932.06 miles) east of Ukraine.

Aug. 28 - A Ukraine drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in the Kamensky district of Russia's southern region of Rostov.

Aug. 26 - One man was killed, six more injured after a fire at Russia's Omsk oil refinery.

Aug. 19 - A blast and fire on a fuel pipeline at the Sterlitamak petrochemical plant in Russia's Bashkiria region east of Moscow injured three people.

Aug. 18 - Huge oil depot in the Proletarsk district of southern Rostov city was set on fire by drones.

Aug. 3 - Tanks at a fuel storage depot in the Kamensky district of Russia's Rostov region caught fire as a result of a drone attack.

Aug. 1 - A fire broke out at Russia's Gazprom Neft's (SIBN.MM) , opens new tab Omsk oil refinery in western Siberia and was later extinguished.

July 28 - Three tanks at an oil storage depot in Russia's Kursk region caught fire as a result of a Ukraine-launched drone attack.

July 22 - Russia's Tuapse oil refinery, its biggest on the Black Sea, was damaged in a major Ukrainian drone attack that caused a fire.

July 13 - A fire broke out and was later extinguished at an oil depot in Tsimlyansky district of Russia's southern Rostov region.

July 9 - One person was killed, while two power substations and an oil depot caught fire, after Ukraine launched drones in attacks on several regions.

July 6 - Several oil depots were set on fire in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia after an overnight attack by Ukrainian drones.

July 3 - Ukraine attempted a maritime drone attack on Russia's Black Sea port of Novorossiisk.

June 21 - A drone crashed into the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, injuring at least two people and causing a small fire.

June 18 - A drone attack set ablaze oil storage sites in Russia's southern Rostov region.

June 14 - Debris from a downed drone damaged an unused reservoir at a fuel depot in Russia's Voronezh region.

June 6 - A fire was extinguished at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia's Rostov region that had been attacked by a drone.

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