Updated
Updated · UNITED24 Media · Jul 6
Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's 22-Million-Tonne Omsk Refinery After 3,000-km Flight
Updated
Updated · UNITED24 Media · Jul 6

Ukrainian Drones Hit Russia's 22-Million-Tonne Omsk Refinery After 3,000-km Flight

3 articles · Updated · UNITED24 Media · Jul 6

Summary

  • Ukraine said its long-range drones struck the Omsk Oil Refinery on July 6, igniting fires at Russia’s largest refinery in the first known attack on the site.
  • The military said the drones hit Omsk’s ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude unit, which can process 8.4 million tonnes a year, after flying about 3,000 km.
  • Gazprom Neft’s Omsk plant processes more than 22 million tonnes annually—about 10% of Russia’s refining capacity—and supplies over half of Siberia’s motor fuel demand.
  • Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces called Omsk the last of Russia’s 11 biggest gasoline-producing refineries to be successfully targeted, while local officials confirmed drones reached Omsk’s industrial district.
  • The strike came in a wider July 6 wave that also reportedly hit Yaroslavl and fuel terminals, extending a campaign that the Financial Times said struck Russian refineries at least 194 times in first-half 2026.

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