Overview
- Overnight attacks hit a petrochemical complex in Sterlitamak and sparked fires at Lukoil’s Kstovo refinery, with regional officials reporting damage but no casualties.
- Russia said it downed 85 Ukrainian drones, while Ukraine reported 130 Russian drone strikes that triggered fires in the Odesa region and caused civilian casualties in Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv.
- Washington’s sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil are in force, and traders report major buyers, including Turkish refiners, sourcing more crude from Iraq and Kazakhstan instead of Russia.
- Independent CREA data show September oil and gas export revenue fell to €546 million per day as refinery outages and export curbs deepened; regional fuel shortages and station closures inside Russia persist.
- Fighting in Pokrovsk remains intense and contested, with Moscow claiming gains and Kyiv denying encirclement as Ukraine’s HUR says its “Timur” unit was inserted by Black Hawk and is operating in the city.