Oil Refinery in Russia's Salavat Reportedly Burning After Attack
The strike ignited a fire at the refinery, which processes about 10 million tons of hydrocarbons annually, Ukrainian monitoring channels reported.
- On Oct 8, 2026, Ukrainian forces struck the Omsk Oil Refinery using upgraded FP-1 long-range drones, hitting the facility 2,500 kilometers from the Ukraine border. The Ukrainian General Staff confirmed the strike on Russia's largest oil refinery.
- Simultaneously, Astra reported a fire at the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, approximately 1,400 kilometers from the Ukraine border following drone alerts in the region.
- The SSO reported the strike damaged the ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude unit at Omsk, which accounts for 38% of the plant's capacity; the facility processes more than 22 million tons of oil annually.
- Omsk Region Governor Vitaly Khotsenko acknowledged that a drone "reached the northern industrial hub," though he stopped short of identifying the refinery as the specific target of the attack.
- This operation follows a previous attack on July 6, continuing a campaign that Ukrainian Defense Minister Yevhen Khmara claims has put 51% of Russia's oil refining capacity out of operation.
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Russian authorities have reported a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the Omsk region, located about 2,500 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. The information was reported by TASS, citing the governor of the region, Vitaly Khotsenko. “The air defense forces of the Russian Defense Ministry have repelled an enemy attack on our region. All regional emergency services have been put on high alert,” Khotsenko wrote. The governor urged resid…
The Ukrainian military has struck one of Russia's largest refineries, the military said. The refinery is located in Omsk, about 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) from Ukraine, deep in Siberia, and is operated by Gazprom Neft. It is the same facility that was attacked last July. For his part, the governor of the Omsk region, Vitaly Khochenko, said a drone had hit an industrial zone, without giving further details. The General Staff of the Ukrainian …
Ukrainian FP-1 drones, flying over a distance of more than 2,500 kilometers, struck Russia's largest oil refinery in the Omsk region. Footage of the attack was published by the Exilenova+ Telegram channel, Militarnyi reported.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Army, in a statement posted on the Telegram messaging app, did not provide details about the impact of the attack.
Ukrainian drones are said to have flown more than 2500 kilometers to Siberia to target Russia's largest refinery. Now there are reports of fires.
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