Overview

• Ukraine’s General Staff reported overnight strikes by Unmanned Systems Forces on Rosneft’s Saratov and Novokuybyshevsk refineries, with explosions and fires observed and damage assessments still underway.
• Special Operations Forces struck the Samara linear production and dispatch station used to blend crude into the Urals export grade, with results under evaluation.
• Russia has not confirmed the incidents as Rosneft declined immediate comment and the aviation authority reported a temporary ground halt at Samara Airport during the attack.
• Ukraine said the targeted plants supply Russia’s armed forces, noting Saratov accounts for about 2.54% of national refining capacity and Novokuybyshevsk up to about 3%.
• Regional officials reported limited civilian impacts, including one injury in Saratov, while an SBU source told the Kyiv Independent that oil pumping stations in Volgograd and Samara stopped work along the Kuibyshev–Tikhoretsk pipeline.