💥 Attack

Russian forces launched 3 Kh-59 missiles and 20 Shahed drones targeting Poltava Oblast; Ukrainian air defenses downed all missiles and 18 drones.

November 1, 2023 Kremenchuk, Poltava Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources

Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post Censor.NET

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Russian forces launched drone and missile strike on Poltava Oblast

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Several groups in Poltava Oblast heading towards Kremenchuk

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

In Kremenchuk, a city in Poltava Oblast, an oil refinery was hit by a UAV causing a fire

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Kyiv also reported a Russian attack on an oil refinery in Kremenchuk

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Russian occupiers launched 1 Kh-59 missile and 20 Shahed drones from Kursk and Primorsko-Akhtarsk regions.

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

An oil refinery in Kremenchuk was hit during the attack.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.654Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-13