Elements of the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces, and Main Military Intelligence Directorate struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery on the night of September 5, hitting the ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil refining unit.
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Ukrainian forces struck the Ryazan Oil Refinery, hitting the ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil refining unit.
Ukrainian drones struck Rosneft's largest refinery in Ryazan and oil depot in occupied Luhansk Oblast
On the night of 5 September 2025, units of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defence Forces, struck the Ryazan oil refinery. According to preliminary data, a strike was recorded on the ELOU-AVT-6 primary oil refining facility, with an estimated capacity of 6 million tonnes of oil per year.
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