Ukrainian forces struck the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery in Russia's Rostov Oblast using homegrown missiles in a joint SBU and Naval Forces operation.

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SBU (organization) Ukrainian Naval Forces (military_unit) SBU (Ukrainian Security Service) (military_unit) Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery (location) ELOU-AVT-2.5 unit (location) Novoshakhtinsky oil products plant (location) Taganrog (location) Bataysk (location) Shakhty (location) Russian air defense systems (weapon_system) Novoshakhtinsky Oil Refinery (location) Novoshakhtinsk refinery (location) Andriy Kovalenko (person) JSC Novoshakhtinsk Oil Products Plant (location) Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Ukrainian Navy (military_unit) SCALP missile (weapon_system) Su-24 (weapon_system) Xavier Tytelman (person) Novoshakhtynsk oil refinery (location)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The attack on the Novoshakhtinsky Oil Refinery was a joint operation between SBU and Ukrainian Naval Forces using Ukrainian-produced jet-powered missiles

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

On the night of December 19, a fire broke out at an oil refinery in Novoshakhtinsk, Rostov region, Russia, as a result of a drone attack.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.739Z

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