Russia’s Black Sea oil hub resumes loading amid sustained Ukrainian drone campaign
One berth active at Russia's biggest Black Sea crude hub, with full recovery timeline unclear.
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Russia’s governor said a pipeline was hit in Primorsk. Two hours later he said it wasn’t. NASA showed a fire at the tank farm
Leningrad Oblast governor Drozdenko revised his account of the 5 April drone strike on Primorsk — scrapping the pipeline damage claim and saying shrapnel had hit a fuel tank — while satellite data pointed to fire at the oil depot, not a pipeline at all.
Ukraine struck a refinery 800 km inside Russia — then hit the power plant keeping it running
The Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez facility in the Volga region, one of Russia's largest refineries by volume, processes up to 17 mn tonnes of crude a year and is a key supplier of petrol to Moscow Oblast.
Ukraine’s drones return to Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa 1,300+ km from the front — the primary distillation unit is burning again
Without the AVT unit, which performs the first stage of crude processing, the rest of the refinery cannot operate.
Ukraine hits Ust-Luga and Primorsk for the third time in five days — the pace suggests Kyiv is trying to destroy Russia’s Baltic oil export ports beyond repair
NASA satellite data confirmed new fires at both ports; together they handle 2 million barrels of Russian crude exports daily. A drone also struck Severstal's blast furnace in Cherepovets in the same night.
Ukraine just hit the fuel tank that feeds southern Russia’s pipeline — here’s why this strike hurts more than a refinery fire
The Armavir station isn't a refinery — it's the reservoir buffer for Transneft's whole pipeline section; when it burns, the entire fuel flow along that route stops, not just the station itself.
Ukraine just blew up the same oil terminal in southern Russia for the third time since December (MAP)
Four fuel storage tanks were burning at Tamanneftegaz after Ukrainian drones returned to the Black Sea facility they'd already hit twice in December.
Ukrainian drones hit Syzran oil refinery in Russia, military installations across occupied regions (MAP, VIDEOS)
General Staff confirmed that Ukrainian forces also struck a Russian boat storage site in occupied Crimea and a Shahed depot in Makiivka.
Drones hit Russian oil tanker ablaze in Rostov-on-Don port, the ship is sinking (UPDATED, MAP)
In the region, residents of Rostov, Bataysk, and Taganrog reported blasts and flames overnight in what local authorities say was a multi-city drone assault.
Ukraine strikes Russia’s major Russian refinery with new jet-powered drones (VIDEO)
Ukrainian forces launched a long-range drone strike on key Russian oil and drone infrastructure overnight on 16 November…
Ukraine strikes Saratov refinery again — one of Russia’s biggest oil plants set ablaze
The Rosneft-owned facility erupted in flames overnight after explosions shook the city and sirens sounded.
Russia’s fourth-largest refinery in Ryazan halts core crude unit after drone-induced fire during latest attack, Reuters reports
Production continues at reduced volume, according to Reuters sources.
Ukrainian drones strike major Russian oil refinery near Moscow for sixth time this year (video)
The Ryazan facility processes 12-13 million tons annually and supplies fuel to Russia's capital region.
Ukrainian drones devastate oil pumping hub in Russia’s Rostov Oblast, satellite imagery reveals
Ukraine’s long-range drones struck deep into Russian territory, disabling a key oil station and disrupting fuel supplies across the Rostov region
Russia blames drone “debris” again—Afipsky oil refinery erupts in fire overnight
The Krasnodar Krai facility has been struck repeatedly by Ukrainian drones.
Ukraine’s drones hit deep—St Petersburg’s main fuel plant engulfed in flames (video)
Satellite data and geolocated videos confirmed a major fire erupted inside the Kirishi refinery.
Ukraine’s UAVs swarm deep into Russia: Samara and Krasnodar Krai refineries burn, train depot goes dark
Ukraine continues its campaign against Russia's fuel production and logistics: drones struck Samara’s Kuibyshevsky and Krasnodar’s Afipsky oil refineries, a Samara station, and a Volgograd train depot.
Ukrainian General Staff confirms refinery strike in Rostov, reports new attacks on drone hub in Donetsk and fuel site in Voronezh
The military’s announcement expands the known scope of the 21 August attacks.
UPDATE: Ukraine’s strike disrupts oil supplies to two EU countries still purchasing Russian oil
Ukraine's 950km strike completely halted Russia's Druzhba pipeline, cutting oil supplies to Hungary, Czech Republic, and Slovakia while targeting infrastructure that funds Moscow's 6.3% GDP war spending.
Russia says 13 drones destroyed — but Syzran refinery burns and videos show fire raging at military-linked fuel plant
Authorities scrambled to impose “Kovyor” plan, grounding aircraft and restricting communications.