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Ukrainian strikes damaged an installation and caused a fire at the Syzran Oil Refinery in Samara Oblast, which has an annual processing capacity of 7-8.9 million tons of oil.

Syzran, Samara Oblast
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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Syzran Oil Refinery (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Ukrainian military (organization) Rosneft (organization) Sergey Volodchenkov (person) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) AVT-6 crude oil distillation unit (weapon_system)

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Ukrainian strike damaged Syzran Oil Refinery

Kyiv Independent →

Russia's Syzran oil refinery halted operations on Dec. 5 after sustaining damage in a Ukrainian drone attack

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The drones struck the AVT-6 crude oil distillation unit, which is the main piece of equipment. The current repair work could take about a month.

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Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:39.483Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-december-5-2025