A local oil refinery in the Russian city of Tyumen caught fire on Saturday, July 25, following a drone attack, marking another deep strike into Russian territory.
According to regional governor Alexander Moor, quoted by the Astra Telegram channel, a drone fell on the territory of the Tyumen Oil Refinery, causing a fire. Emergency services were dispatched to the scene, and there is currently no official information regarding casualties or the extent of the damage.
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Local residents in Tyumen reported hearing at least two explosions and the operation of air defense systems, as well as observing smoke over the refinery. Some reports noted a second source of smoke coming from the refinery’s flare system, which is utilized for the controlled burning of gases.
The Tyumen Oil Refinery, a branch of the Moscow-based company Ri-invest, is the only large refinery in the Ural Federal District and one of the largest independent refineries in Russia. Located in the industrial zone of Tyumen near the Antipino microdistrict, the facility has a processing capacity of approximately 8 million tons of oil per year with a refining depth of 98%. Its main products include Euro-5 standard diesel fuel, stable gas gasoline, petroleum coke, bitumen, and fuel oil.
Previously known as the Antipinsky Refinery, the facility was acquired at auction following bankruptcy in May 2021 by Ri-invest, controlled by businessman Anatoly Yablonsky, and subsequently renamed. The refinery had previously been targeted by drone strikes on June 20, 2026, and in October 2025.
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The attack on the Tyumen refinery occurred alongside a broader wave of strikes targeting Russian military and logistics infrastructure from Friday evening into Saturday morning.
In the Saratov region, a suspected military unit near the Engels-2 strategic bomber base caught fire following regional drone and missile threat alerts. The Engels-2 airbase, a primary hub for Russia’s strategic aviation, was previously targeted by Ukrainian long-range drones on July 16, which resulted in the destruction of a Tu-95MS strategic bomber.
Further east, a drone struck a Wildberries logistics warehouse in Yekaterinburg, located approximately 1,080 miles from the Ukrainian border.
The strike follows a concentrated series of attacks against the logistics network of Wildberries, Russia’s largest e-commerce retailer. Previous strikes on facilities in St. Petersburg, Voronezh, Elektrostal, Kotovsk, Krasnodar, and Nevinnomyssk had already disabled roughly 8% of the company’s total warehouse capacity.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that its air defense systems intercepted 328 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles between 8:00 p.m. Friday and 8:00 a.m. Saturday local time.
The ministry claimed the drones were intercepted over 22 regions, as well as over the Crimean peninsula and the Sea of Azov. Due to the aerial threat, aviation authorities temporarily closed Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport for approximately 30 minutes on Friday evening before lifting the restrictions.
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