Ukrainian Drone Attack Hits Lukoil Refinery Deep in Russia
Residents reported explosions and smoke as Russia said its air defenses downed 325 Ukrainian drones overnight.
- On Friday, August 21, Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm, causing a large fire that the independent outlet Astra confirmed through eyewitness footage analysis.
- The Perm refinery has been targeted repeatedly, including drone attacks on July 29, May 7, and April 30, with the July incident damaging The AVT-5 crude oil refining unit and forcing fuel production halts.
- Ranking among Russia's 10 largest oil-processing facilities, the PNOS refinery processed 12.6 million metric tons of crude oil in 2024, including approximately 2 million tons of gasoline and 5.3 million tons of diesel fuel.
- Residents reported explosions, prompting the regional Ministry of Territorial Security to declare a drone alert lasting over two hours, while the Federal Air Transport Agency, Rosaviatsiya, restricted all arrivals and departures at Bolshoye Savino Airport.
- While the Russian Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses intercepted 325 Ukrainian drones overnight, the figures remain unverified; recent strikes have also targeted refineries in Tatarstan and Bashkortostan since early August.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack Hits Lukoil Refinery Deep in Russia
Ukraine overnight hit with drones an oil refinery in the Perm region, deep into Russian territory, as the Ukrainian military has been targeting Russia’s oil processing and exporting facilities on a nearly daily basis in the past few weeks. Ukrainian forces launched a drone attack on Perm, which is over 1,600 kilometers, or 1,000 miles, from the Ukraine-Russia border, hitting an oil refinery, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday…
More than a thousand kilometres from Moscow, Ukraine has claimed to have attacked an oil plant. Meanwhile, two women were killed in Russian drone attacks in eastern Ukraine.
The Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery has been the target of Ukrainian drones several times in recent weeks. According to the Ukrainian security service, it is one of the largest in Russia, with a processing capacity of about 13 million tons of oil per year.
Ukrainian drones attacked the Perm province on the night of August 21, and are reported by television channels and local authorities, more than 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine.
1500 km from the border: the target of the attack of Ukrainian drones in Perm became known
The Perm Region was raided by Ukrainian drones this morning, August 21. The governor of the region Dmitry Makhonin reported "damage at one industrial facility." The enemy distributed footage of a fire at the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm…
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, 325 Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia on Friday night.
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