Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery in Russia, damaging its primary crude-processing unit (AVT-11) and causing the plant to halt operations. The strike occurred on July 6, 2026.
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Ukrainian drones struck the Omsk refinery on July 6, hitting its primary crude-processing unit (AVT-11) and halting operations.
OSINT sources claim the strike damaged the plant's primary crude-processing unit.
Reuters sources confirmed that the plant had halted operations.
Upgraded Fire Point drones struck an oil refinery in Omsk, Russia.
The attack damaged the primary oil refining unit ELOU-AVT-11 at the Omsk Oil Refinery.
On July 6, for the first time in the war, drones reached the Omsk oil refinery — Russia’s largest plant and the last of the 11 biggest gasoline producers that had not been hit until then.
Ukraine's new long-range drones struck Russia's largest refinery in Omsk after flying 3,000 kilometers.
Ukraine launched a strike on an oil refinery in Omsk, located over 2500 km from the border.
The Omsk refinery was previously hit on July 6, 2026.
Ukrainian troops struck the ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude oil processing unit, which has a design capacity of 8.4 million tonnes of oil per year.
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