Tyumen Refinery Catches Fire After Drone Strike as Russia Says 328 UAVs Were Intercepted
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Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 25
Tyumen Refinery Catches Fire After Drone Strike as Russia Says 328 UAVs Were Intercepted
3 articles · Updated · Kyiv Post · Jul 25
Summary
A drone fell onto the Tyumen Oil Refinery on July 25, sparking a fire at one of Russia’s largest independent refineries and another deep strike far inside Russian territory.
Residents reported at least two explosions, air-defense activity and smoke over the site; officials sent emergency crews but gave no immediate casualty or damage estimate.
The 8 million-ton-a-year refinery in Tyumen’s industrial zone is the only large refinery in the Ural Federal District and had already been hit in June 2026 and October 2025.
The attack came in a wider overnight wave that also hit a site near the Engels-2 bomber base and a Wildberries warehouse in Yekaterinburg, about 1,080 miles from Ukraine.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said air defenses intercepted 328 Ukrainian drones across 22 regions, Crimea and the Sea of Azov, while Moscow’s Domodedovo airport briefly halted flights.