Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff said its Unmanned Systems Forces and Special Operations units struck the Kirishi (KINEF) refinery in Leningrad region, with explosions and a fire recorded and results under assessment.
• Perm Krai governor Dmitry Makhonin reported a Ukrainian drone hit an industrial site in Gubakha with no casualties, while Astra identified the facility as Metafrax Chemicals.
• Ukrainska Pravda, citing DIU sources, reported the Metafrax strike damaged urea‑production equipment at a plant roughly 1,600 km from Ukraine’s border.
• Leningrad regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said three drones were downed near Kirishi and falling debris sparked a fire that was extinguished, with no injuries reported.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses shot down 80 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions and occupied Crimea as Ukrainian forces also targeted a railway line between Oryol and Kursk.