Drones from the Security Service of Ukraine's Alpha Special Operations Center struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm on 30 April, the SBU reports.
The plant is more than 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. According to the Security Service, it is one of the largest refineries in Russia, with a capacity of close to 13 million tons per year, and — among other customers — supplies the Russian army.
What was hit
The SBU says the strike targeted the AVT-4 unit, which it describes as a key node of primary oil processing. Both the vacuum and atmospheric distillation columns caught fire. The Security Service states the damage "effectively" puts the unit out of operation.
The same operation also struck — for the second time in two days — the "Perm" linear production-dispatch station, which feeds crude into the Lukoil refinery. Drones first hit that station on 29 April, causing a fire, hromadske reports.
SBU on reach
In its statement on the strike, the Security Service framed Perm as evidence that distance is no longer a buffer. "The enemy must realize a simple thing: it no longer has a 'safe rear,'" the SBU said. "Remoteness no longer guarantees protection — every region where enterprises work for the war against Ukraine is within reach."
On the ground in Perm
Residents reported an explosion in the city on 30 April, followed by columns of black smoke. Loudspeakers across Perm warned that "an accident occurred with the release of a hazardous substance," according to hromadske.
The governor of Russia's Perm Krai, Dmitry Makhonin, confirmed on Telegram that a strike had hit "one of the industrial sites" in the region.
The Russian outlet "Ostorozhno, Novosti" reports that local universities are moving students to distance learning and cancelling classes in the wake of the drone attacks.
