💥 Attack

Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov oil refinery, directly hitting a cracking tower, and destroyed a 96L6E radar of an S-400 air defense system protecting the facility.

September 16, 2025 Saratov, Saratov

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

Entities

Ukraine Army General Staff (military_unit) Ukrainian SSO (military_unit) Saratov oil refinery (location) S-300 (weapon_system) 92N6E radar (weapon_system) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Ukrainian Special Operation Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit) ELOUE-AVT-4 (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff (organization) Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (military_unit)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones struck the Saratov oil refinery, directly hitting a cracking tower, and destroyed a 96L6E radar of an S-400 air defense system protecting the facility.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Recall that the SSO struck this facility exactly a month ago, on Sept. 16, 2025.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian SOF conducted drone strike on Saratov Oil Refinery causing explosions and fire

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.170Z

Source story: day-1303b-2025-09-22