Ukrainian UAVs Strike Novoshakhtinsk Oil Refinery and Other Facilities

Titles and summaries are AI-extracted from news reporting; every source is linked below. Event id 63e05b91-61ed-493b-9d1b-8e6e6138b642.

Where: Perm refineryresolved to facility57.918, 56.128
When: Occurrence date not stated by reportingFirst reported 2026-09-25 · last update 2026-09-26
Sourcing: 8 reports8 reports across 6 outlets · independence not established
How far this got: pinpointedlocated to facilityOptical coverageSub-metre commercial imagery was recommended; Sentinel-2 is the closest we carry at 10 m, so small objects will not resolve.

Summary

On September 25, 2026, a massive unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attack attributed to Ukrainian forces targeted the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery, leaving the facility out of service. The broader operation also struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery, the Efremov Synthetic Rubber Plant, the Voronezhsintezkauchuk plant, and two radar stations. Reports indicate that the strikes resulted in 8 injured individuals. The attack on the Novoshakhtinsk refinery caused physical damage and operational disruptions, while the Perm facility also halted operations following a blaze that damaged its storage tanks, pipelines, and processing equipment.

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What remains unresolved

located to facility

Timeline

19 recorded change(s). The ledger starts when this event was first folded: the initial observation is not recorded as a change, so an empty timeline means nothing has moved since, not that nothing is known.

19 change(s) before the history shown here.

Sources

Grouped by outlet. Syndication is not collapsed, so several outlets can carry one wire story — the count is breadth of carriage, not independent confirmation.

kyivpost.com
- Russia’s 7th-Largest Refinery in Perm Reportedly Offline After Friday Attack2026-09-26
ksevradio.com
- Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery suspends operations after drone attack, governor says – KSEV Radio2026-09-25
en.interfax.com.ua
- Perm Oil Refinery suspends operations after UAV attack – media2026-09-26
thedailybeast.com
- Putin Dealt ‘Massive’ New Double Humiliation2026-09-25
en.apa.az
- Perm oil refinery halts operations after Ukrainian drone attack2026-09-25
hotair.com
- Two More Russian Refineries Shut Down Operations After Drone Strikes2026-09-26

8 reports in all; the full list with the facts taken from each is part of the event detail on Pro.

Related events

2 related event(s) and 7 place(s) or facilities — the same facility, place, actor or campaign. Part of the event detail on Pro.

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