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Ukrainian drones struck the Volgograd oil refinery, causing fires; this was a repeat strike last conducted on August 14.

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

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Ukrainian troops (weapon_system) Volgograd oil refinery (location) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka Oil Refinery (location)

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones struck the Volgograd oil refinery, causing fires; this was a repeat strike last conducted on August 14.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian SOF struck the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka Oil Refinery, halting production.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

The Ukrainian Special Operations Forces also reported a strike against an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd Oblast overnight on Sept. 18.

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

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