Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff said drone units struck the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region, reporting multiple explosions at one of southern Russia’s key fuel suppliers.
• Ukraine’s unmanned systems commander said forces hit the Unecha pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk; Hungary’s foreign minister reported crude deliveries to Hungary were halted after the attack.
• Russian fuel prices for AI‑92 and AI‑95 traded near record highs on the Saint Petersburg exchange despite an export ban, as outages and repairs tightened supply during peak summer demand.
• Queues and rationing were reported in Russia’s Far East as analysts and industry reporting estimate roughly 11–13% of national refining capacity has been sidelined by cumulative strikes and accidents.
• Russia launched a major overnight barrage that the Ukrainian air force counted as 574 drones and 40 missiles, hitting a U.S.-owned Flex electronics plant in Mukachevo where officials said at least 15 people were injured; Moscow said it targeted military‑industrial sites.