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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
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Ukrinform Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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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) Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery (organization) Lukoil staff (person) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Volgograd oil refinery (location) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Andrei Bocharov (person)

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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

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Fire broke out at Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery; plant suffered substantial damage

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Overnight, air defenses and electronic warfare systems repelled a drone attack on the territory of the Volgograd Region. As a consequence, one drone fell and set off a fire at the Volgograd oil refinery.

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

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