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Drone strike sparks fire at Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Samara region
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What we know
A drone attack on Russia’s Samara region overnight into Saturday struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, sparking a large fire, according to Ukrainian and OSINT reporting circulating Saturday.
The Rosneft-linked plant is among the larger Volga-region refineries and has been hit in prior Ukrainian long-range campaigns.
What's confirmed
- RBC-Ukraine reported a Saturday drone strike and fire at Novokuibyshevsk, citing OSINT channels and circulating video of explosions and heavy smoke.
- The outlet noted the governor had not immediately confirmed the incident on his public channels at the time of early reporting.
- Design capacity cited in coverage is about 8.8 million tons of crude per year; the site has been attacked before, including in June.
What's still developing
- Official Russian confirmation, damage assessment, and any production halt were not settled in Saturday evening open-source coverage.
- Attribution beyond the pattern of Ukrainian deep strikes on Russian energy sites remained based on prior campaign context, not a same-day claim of responsibility in the cited reports.