Overview
- Ukraine's SBU Alpha unit used drones to hit the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery and a Transneft pumping station in Perm, with the strike reported Friday as the third in two weeks.
- The attack ignited a fire at a crude distillation unit known as an AVT, which does the first cut of crude into lighter and heavier streams, and it damaged an oil reservoir at the pumping site.
- The targets sit more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s border, highlighting Ukraine’s growing ability to reach deep into Russian territory with long-range drones.
- The SBU said it is striking oil sites to cut refining and transport volumes, disrupt fuel supplies to Russian troops, and force Moscow to spend heavily on emergency repairs.
- The refinery supplies both civilian markets and the Russian military, and independent outlets had not verified the full impact or received immediate comment from Russian authorities, according to the Kyiv Independent.