Drone Strike Hits Russian Refinery as Moscow Warns of Retaliation
Fire Point said the attack hit a refinery that handles 6.6% of Russia’s oil refining capacity, adding pressure to fuel supplies.
- On Sunday, August 30, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck the Kirishinefteorgsintez oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad region, hitting a facility accounting for roughly 6.6% of the country's total refining capacity, Fire Point confirmed.
- Controlled by Surgutneftegas, the refinery has an annual design processing capacity of roughly 20 million metric tons of crude oil, making sustained disruption potentially significant for Russia's refining industry.
- Operating equipment at the complex includes L-35-11 and LCh-35-11 systems that produced 7.1 million metric tons of diesel fuel and 6.1 million metric tons of fuel oil in 2024.
- Ukrainian forces struck refineries at least 21 times in August, the highest monthly total recorded, while crude processing has fallen to near its lowest level in more than two decades.
- A drone warning was issued in the Kirishi area at 2:48 a.m. local time on Sunday, remaining in effect until 5:58 a.m., with reports indicating impact near important processing units.
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Times of IndiaDrone strike hits Russian refinery as Moscow warns of retaliation
The attack on the Kirishi refinery, deep inside Russian territory, came as Moscow said it was preparing "massive strikes" against Ukrainian energy facilities in response to recent attacks. Russian air defences destroyed 62 drones over the Leningrad region, Governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram on Sunday. One of the drones fell near the refinery in Kirishi, starting a fire, he said.
Ukraine’s Drones Hit Giant Russian Refinery Processing 6.6% of Nation’s Oil
Ukrainian drones struck the massive KINEF oil refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region, hitting a facility that accounts for roughly 6.6% of the country’s total oil refining, Ukrainian defense technology company Fire Point confirmed on August 30.
A new wave of Ukrainian drone strikes hit two strategically important facilities in Russia on Sunday — a military airport in Yeysk and the large Kirishi oil refinery, in the Leningrad region.In Krasnodar Krai, the drones targeted the Yeysk military air base. According to reports from independent monitoring channels and satellite data from NASA FIRMS, after the attack, fires were recorded near the aircraft movement runways and storage areas, tran…
Ukraine attacked a large oil refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad region, in the early morning of August 30. The refinery is the only one in northwestern Russia and one of the largest in the country, several Ukrainian media outlets report.
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