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UAVs attacked the Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd's Krasnoarmeyskiy district, causing a fire and explosion at the facility.

Volgograd, Volgograd Oblast
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Ukrinform Kyiv Post

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UAVs (weapon_system) oil refinery (location) Lukoil (organization) Krasnoarmeyskiy district (location) SSO (organization) drones (weapon_system) primary oil refining unit (location) Andrey Bocharov (person) UAV (weapon_system) Lukoil refinery (location) SSU (organization) drone (weapon_system) Andriy Bocharov (person) Volgograd refinery (location) Russian armed forces (military_unit) Ukraine (organization) Lukoil oil refinery (location) Ukrainian actors (organization) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization)

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Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Volgograd

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

UAVs attacked the Lukoil refinery causing an explosion

Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The fire probably broke out after a drone attack

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

A fire erupted at a major Russian oil refinery in the southwestern Volgograd region after a drone attack blamed on Ukraine

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:27.718Z

Source story: 3822133-oil-refinery-on-fire-in-russia