💥 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 4 sources

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

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Entities

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

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.

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

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast on October 3

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The Orsknefteorgsintez refinery had previously been targeted by drones on October 3, 2025

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.756Z

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