💥 Attack

Ukrainian drones launched a massive attack on the Ryazan Oil Refinery, causing a large-scale fire, marking the second time in three days.

January 26, 2025 Ryazan, Ukraine

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Entities

Ukrainian troops (weapon_system) Ryazan Oil Refinery (location) Ukraine (organization) Russia (organization) Pavel Malkov (person) Nizhny Novgorod Refinery (location) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles (weapon_system) Forces of unmanned systems of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (USV) (military_unit) Special Operations Forces (SSO) (military_unit) Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (GUR) (military_unit) Ryazan Oil Refining Company (organization) Kazan (location) Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (military_unit) Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine (military_unit) Russian occupation army (organization) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Special Operations Forces (SBU) (military_unit) Ryazan (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Kyiv launched a massive UAV attack on Ryazan Oil Refinery, causing a large-scale fire.

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Drones attacked the Nizhny Novgorod Refinery in Ryazan, causing explosions and a fire.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

15 drones were shot down overnight by Russian air defense.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine repeatedly hit the facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company, which is involved in supplying the Russian occupation army.

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.325Z

Source story: 46059