Overview

• Regional officials confirmed a fire and damage at the Orenburg gas processing plant, with no casualties reported and no timeline from Gazprom for normal operations.
• Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said the plant suspended intake of Kazakh gas following the strike, disrupting cross‑border flows at a facility that handles Karachaganak output.
• Two industry sources told Reuters that production at the Karachaganak field was cut by about 25–30% after the Orenburg disruption, with only a possible partial resumption discussed and not confirmed.
• Ukraine’s General Staff said it also struck the Novokuibyshevsk refinery in Russia’s Samara region, reporting fires and damage to primary units, which Russian authorities have not publicly confirmed.
• Russia reported intercepting 45 Ukrainian drones overnight and continued its own campaign against Ukrainian energy and transport infrastructure, including a coal mine evacuation and strikes on railway and port facilities.