Ukraine Hits 2 Major Russian Oil Facilities, Including Petrochemical Giant 1,500 Km Away

Ukraine’s long-range drones reportedly reached one of Russia‘s largest petrochemical plants nearly 930 miles (1,500 km) from the border, and targeted a major oil refinery in southern Russia.

Ukrainian forces struck one of Russia’s largest petrochemical complexes overnight from Monday to Tuesday, with reports of a fire at Gazpromneftekhim Salavat LLC in Russia’s Republic of Bashkortostan.

According to Ukrainian monitoring channels, which published videos of the incident, the attack triggered a fire at the facility. Russian independent outlet Astra, citing eyewitness footage showing multiple explosions and a large plume of black smoke, also reported that the plant had been hit.

Economic analyst Vyacheslav Shiryaev said the Salavat complex was the last major gasoline producer in Russia that had not been struck by Ukrainian forces in 2026. The facility was previously attacked twice in September 2025.

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Gazpromneftekhim Salavat produces gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, liquefied petroleum gases, butyl alcohols, ammonia, urea, and other petrochemical products.

According to Russian media, the plant processed 7.2 million metric tons of raw materials in 2024 – about 2.7% of Russia’s total refining capacity – producing 1.5 million tons of gasoline and 2.5 million tons of diesel fuel.

Bashkortostan head Radiy Khabirov confirmed a drone raid on the “Salavat industrial zone,” saying the attack had been “repelled” and that several fires were caused by debris from downed drones. However, he did not explicitly confirm that the refinery itself had been struck.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones also reportedly targeted the Afipsky Oil Refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, one of the largest refineries in southern Russia.

The refinery has an annual processing capacity of 6.25 million tons of crude oil and gas condensate supplied from Western Siberia and the Volga-Ural region via pipelines and rail.

It produces gasoline, diesel fuel, vacuum gas oil, fuel oil, sulfur, and other petroleum products used by the Russian military.

Russian regional authorities acknowledged that a fire had broken out at the refinery. Ukrainian Telegram channel Krymsky Veter reported that the first explosions occurred around midnight and described the blaze as “massive.”

According to Astra, the fire erupted near the refinery’s tank farm, which stores products intended for export, including gasoline, diesel fuel, gas condensate distillates, heavy fuel oil residues, and sulfur.

The Afipsky refinery was previously targeted in a Ukrainian drone strike on June 11.

At the time of publication, Russia’s defense ministry had not released its daily report on overnight drone interceptions, and Ukrainian authorities had not officially commented on the attacks.