💥 Attack

Cracking tower hit at Makhachkala oil refinery in Dagestan, causing fires.

October 22, 2025 Makhachkala, Dagestan

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Makhachkala (location) Sargas unit (military_unit) Dagnotech oil refinery (location) Makhachkala oil refinery (location) Dagestan (location) Melikov (person) Ukrainian defense forces (organization) Caspian Fleet (organization)

Source Reports

Stefan Korshak (Substack) →

Cracking tower hit at Makhachkala oil refinery in Dagestan, causing fires.

Kyiv Independent →

Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Makhachkala, Dagestan overnight on Oct. 22

Kyiv Independent →

At least one drone successfully attacked and disabled the AVT primary oil processing unit, causing a large-scale fire

Censor.NET →

Drones attacked the Republic of Dagestan in Russia, targeting one of the republic's enterprises. There is no information about casualties or injuries at this time.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.766Z

Source story: day-1338b-2025-10-25