💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast, setting fire to primary oil refining plants and two tanks.

March 26, 2026 Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast

Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent Ukrainska Pravda

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Entities

Ukrainian General Staff (military_unit) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Kirishinefteorgsintez (KINEF) refinery (location) Surgutneftegaz (organization) Alexander Drozdenko (person) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Kyryshevsky oil refinery (location) Ukraine (organization) Kinef oil refinery (location) Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis (Kinef) (organization) Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis (organization) Kinef (Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis) oil refinery (location) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Kirishi Oil Refinery (location)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast, setting fire to primary oil refining plants and two tanks.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

More than 20 Ukrainian drones struck Russia's Leningrad Oblast overnight on March 26, damaging industrial infrastructure near one of the country's largest oil refineries

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The site was identified as the Kirishinefteorgsintez (Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis, or KINEF) refinery – Russia's second-largest by processing capacity

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

The plant refines up to 20 million tons of oil annually, producing fuel and petrochemicals critical to domestic supply and export flows

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones hammered major Russian refinery in Leningrad Oblast for second night in a row

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

The refinery had halted all operations after a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire there.

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Extracted: 2026-03-29T08:33:16.137Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-march-26-2026