An August 26 Ukrainian drone strike damaged processing units and infrastructure at Lukoil's NORSI oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, forcing the indefinite suspension of crude oil processing.

Reuters confirmed on August 26, citing three industry sources, that an August 26 Ukrainian drone strike against Lukoil‘s NORSI oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast (roughly 775 kilometers from the frontline) damaged several processing units, inter-unit infrastructure, and general plant facilities, forcing the refinery to indefinitely suspend crude oil processing.

Russia's Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Nizhny Novgorod suspended crude oil processing on 26 August following a Ukrainian drone attack.

Ukrainian monitoring channels claim that the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo caught fire after overnight attacks.

Drones attacked the Nizhny Novgorodnaftaneftekhim oil refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod region, on the night of August 26.

The Nizhny Novgorodnaftaneftekhim oil refinery is Lukoil's largest refinery, ranking fourth in Russia by refining capacity and second in gasoline production.

Lukoil's NORSI refinery in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, was shut down due to damage suffered in a Ukrainian drone attack on Aug. 26.

Ukrainian drones targeted the Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo.

Fire Point reported its FP-1 drones struck the oil refinery.

Eyewitness footage from Astra and monitoring channels Supernova+ and Exilenova+ confirmed the strike.

On the night of August 26, the Kstovo Oil Refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region was hit by drone attacks causing a fire.

Following the attack on August 26, the 'LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez' LLC oil refinery, located in Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Russian Federation, ceased operations.