Ukraine launched overnight drone attacks on two oil refineries inside Russia, intensifying its campaign against the Kremlin’s energy infrastructure and adding pressure on Moscow’s fuel supply and domestic market.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, drones targeted a refinery in the Krasnodar region and another in Syzran, located in the Samara region more than 1,200 kilometers northeast of Kyiv. The strikes sparked fires at both facilities, though Russian officials later said the blazes were contained without casualties.
Ukraine launched a 29-drone strike on the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Samara, Russia, hitting major units and sparking seven large fires.
The refinery (7–8.8M tons annual capacity) is vital for Russian fuel supply.
August strikes alone cut ~17% of Russia’s refining capacity. pic.twitter.com/w9iAQr0ifc
— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 30, 2025
Local authorities in Krasnodar reported that falling drone debris triggered the fire, while Samara governor Vyacheslav Fedorychev claimed air defenses thwarted an attack on an unspecified facility in Syzran, state agencies RIA Novosti and Interfax reported.
Ukraine has sharply increased attacks on Russian energy assets in recent months, with refineries and pipelines repeatedly targeted. Analysts say the strikes are part of a strategy to disrupt fuel flows to Russia’s military and weaken its wartime logistics.
The assaults have worsened Russia’s fuel shortage, driving prices higher amid peak seasonal demand. Earlier this month, a wave of Ukrainian drone raids temporarily knocked out nearly 13% of Russia’s refining capacity, Bloomberg reported.
Ukraine launched a 29-drone strike on the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in Samara, Russia, hitting major units and sparking seven large fires.
The refinery (7–8.8M tons annual capacity) is vital for Russian fuel supply.
August strikes alone cut ~17% of Russia’s refining capacity. pic.twitter.com/w9iAQr0ifc
— Clash Report (@clashreport) August 30, 2025
Russia’s Ministry of Defense said on Telegram that its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 86 Ukrainian drones during the latest wave of attacks. The Kremlin has accused Kyiv of escalating “terrorist strikes” on civilian infrastructure, while Ukraine argues that oil facilities directly support Russia’s war machine.
The overnight strikes highlight the increasingly asymmetric nature of the conflict, with Ukraine leveraging long-range drones to offset Russia’s advantage in conventional firepower.
In a separate escalation, Russian forces launched a massive overnight assault on multiple Ukrainian regions. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the attack involved around 540 drones, eight ballistic missiles, and 37 other missiles of various types, calling it one of the broadest aerial offensives in recent months.
Local officials reported at least one person killed and 22 injured in the southern region of Zaporizhzhia. Strikes also hit Sumy and Kharkiv in the northeast, Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi in the southwest, as well as the capital, Kyiv.
The latest barrage followed a deadly wave of Russian strikes on Thursday that killed 25 people, including four children, in Kyiv and injured dozens more.
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