Ukrainian attack on Lukoil's Ksotovo oil refinery operated by Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez.
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Ukrainian attack on Lukoil's Ksotovo oil refinery operated by Nizhnegorodnefteorgsintez.
Ukrainian forces struck Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez Oil Refinery in Kstovo
Drones attacked the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region of Russia. The distance to the Ukrainian border is about 800 kilometers.
Local residents reported a fire at the refinery in community chats, claiming that the blaze has already been extinguished.
In the morning of October 16, a drone threat alert was issued in the Nizhny Novgorod region. The "Carpet" plan was in effect at Nizhny Novgorod Airport for about three hours.
The Ukrainian project CyberBoroshno geolocated the available photos and concluded that the facility hit was the L-24/300 gasoline hydrorefining unit, which can process 24 tonnes of fuel per hour - over 200,000 tonnes per year.
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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:30.775Z
Source story: day-1331a-2025-10-21