Overview
- Russia’s Defense Ministry said Ukrainian drones attacked six regions overnight, with the main strike in the Samara region where air defenses destroyed 12 drones.
- Russian pro-war and Ukrainian monitoring channels identified the Rosneft-owned Syzran oil refinery and a nearby power substation as the apparent targets, with no detailed official damage assessment released.
- State aviation authority Rosaviatsia temporarily halted flights at Samara’s Kurumoch airport under an emergency protocol as Syzran authorities issued a drone alert and activated air defenses.
- Videos and local accounts described flashes, explosions, power outages in several districts, and fire trucks heading toward the refinery site.
- Monitoring project Exilenova+ reported a possible hit on the refinery’s ELOU-AVT-5 unit; the plant, which supplies regional fuel and produces about 800,000 tons of gasoline and 1.5 million tons of diesel annually, had already suspended operations after a December 5 attack on its AVT-6 unit.