💥 Attack

AN-126 Lyutiy drone strike on Orskenefteorgsintez refinery at 1500 km range, marking first use of black-painted drone.

October 3, 2025 Orsk, Orenburg region

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

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

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Entities

Orskenefteorgsintez (location) AN-126 Lyutiy (weapon_system) Orsknefteorgsintez (location) Ukrainian forces (organization) Orenburg Oblast oil refinery (location) Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) (organization) Orsknefteorgsintez Oil Refinery (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Orenburg Oblast (location) SBU (organization) Evgeny Solntsev (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

AN-126 Lyutiy drone strike on Orskenefteorgsintez refinery at 1500 km range, marking first use of black-painted drone.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

This marks the second attack on the oil refinery, which was previously targeted on Oct. 3 — the first confirmed strike against the facility since the onset of the full-scale invasion

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

SBU conducted a long-range drone strike against the Orsknefteorgsintez Oil Refinery in Orenburg Oblast with annual refining capacity of 6.6 million tons

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.171Z

Source story: day-1317a-2025-10-05