Overview

• Overnight on August 28, Ukrainian drones struck the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar and the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, with regional officials confirming the Afipsky hit.
• The Afipsky facility and the Kuibyshev plant are large sites, processing roughly 6.25 million and 7 million tonnes annually, and Kyiv says Afipsky is key to supplying Russia’s military.
• Russia on August 27 extended its gasoline export ban to stabilize the domestic market, running through September 30 for producers and October 31 for non‑producers.
• The Institute for the Study of War reports that refinery disruptions are contributing to fuel shortages and likely to push inflation higher across Russia.
• Pro‑Kremlin military bloggers have publicly faulted authorities for air‑defense failures, as rising pump prices and supply gaps draw growing criticism.