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Two dead after drone attack on Syzran in Russia's Samara region, governor says

Regional officials said the refinery fire and strike were part of Ukraine’s stepped-up campaign against Russian energy infrastructure.

  • Two people were killed in a drone attack on the town of Syzran in Russia’s Samara region along the Volga River, according to local governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev.
  • Syzran is home to a large oil refinery located around 1,000 km from the border with Ukraine, though the governor did not mention any damage to infrastructure.
  • Ukraine also reported two deaths as both sides exchanged overnight attacks amid the ongoing conflict.
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On Saturday night, officers of the Security Service of Ukraine, from a special unit operating deep behind Russian lines, carried out another successful operation. This time, they struck a chemical plant in Perm Krai, 1,700 kilometers from Ukraine's border. President Volodymyr Zelensky was impressed by the operation. "Metafrax Chemicals is an important part of the Russian chemical industry. Its products supply dozens of other Russian arms industr…

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The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has carried out an attack on one of the largest chemical industrial facilities in Russia, the Metafrax Chemicals plant, which is located in the Perm Krai region, about 1,700 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. According to Ukrainian sources, the struck facility is an important component of the industrial chain that supplies materials used in strategic sectors, including aviation, drone production, rocke…

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Its products are supplied by dozens of other Russian military industries.

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The SBU attacked the Russian enterprise “Metafrax Kemikals” in the Perm region of the Russian Federation.

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Reuters broke the news in New York, United States on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
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