💥 Attack

Ukrainian drones attacked Russia's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in the Volga region on October 19, causing the facility to cease operations. Two crude distillation units were taken offline in the second drone attack on the facility in a month.

Novokuibyshevsk, Ukraine
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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainian drone attack caused Novokuibyshevsk refinery to cease operations

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Two crude distillation units were taken offline

Ukrainian drone strike forced plant to halt crude processing

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Extracted: 2026-02-22T18:49:18.747Z

Source story: ukraine-war-latest-update-2025-10-21