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Ukrainian forces struck the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery near Samara City with long-range strikes, targeting a facility with annual processing capacity of 8.8 million tons.

Samara, Samara Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery (location) Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery (location) Samara Oblast (location) Rubikon unit (military_unit) Rosneft (organization) General Staff (organization) Russian Ministry of Defense (organization) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery near Samara City

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces struck Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery and Rubikon drone storage site in Samara Oblast

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Samara Region

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:39.279Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-16-2025