Kyiv has stepped up attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent months as peace talks to end the Ukraine war have failed to produce progress.
Following is a summary of the attacks – in chronological order with the most recent first – and their impact:
YAROSLAVL
Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl, some 700 km (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border, on May 25, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
The refinery has processing capacity of 15 million metric tons per year, or around 300,000 barrels per day.
SYZRAN
Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Rosneft-owned Syzran oil refinery in the Samara region, the Ukrainian military and President Zelenskiy said on May 21.
The refinery halted operations after the attack damaged a primary processing unit, two industry sources said.
It had previously suspended oil refining after drone attacks on April 18.
The refinery has processing capacity of 8.5 million tons per year, or around 170,000 barrels per day.
In 2024, it processed 4.3 million tons of crude into 800,000 tons of gasoline, 1.5 million tons of diesel and 700,000 tons of fuel oil, according to industry sources.
TUAPSE
Ukraine struck a Russian oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse on May 27, the Ukrainian military’s general staff said.
A drone attack caused a major fire at the oil refinery on April 28, officials said, causing the facility, which sells most of its products for export, to halt operations, according to two industry sources.
It has capacity of around 12 million tons per year, or 240,000 barrels per day, and produces naphtha, diesel, fuel oil and vacuum gasoil.
NORSI
Ukraine’s military struck an oil refinery near Kstovo in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, hitting its primary oil processing unit, the Ukrainian general staff said on May 20.
NORSI, Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery, owned by Lukoil , also suspended operations on April 5 following a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said.
NORSI, which is Russia’s second-largest producer of gasoline, can process 16 million metric tons of oil per year, or around 320,000 barrels per day.
MOSCOW
Moscow oil refinery stopped processing after a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said on May 19.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin had said on May 17 that 12 people were wounded in the attack but the refinery’s “technology” was not damaged.
The facility in the capital’s southeastern Kapotnya district is one of Russia’s most compact refineries, with annual capacity of around 11 million tons of oil.
RYAZAN
Ryazan oil refinery, which accounts for almost 5% of the country’s total refining volumes, stopped processing following a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said on May 19.
Industry sources said the refinery processed 13.1 million metric tons of crude oil in 2024, producing 2.2 million tons of gasoline, 3.4 million tons of diesel and 4.3 million tons of fuel oil.
ASTRAKHAN
Debris from a drone attack caused a fire on May 13 at a gas processing plant in the southern region of Astrakhan, the local governor said.
The plant has annual capacity of 12 billion cubic metres of gas and 3 million tons of stable gas condensate. It produces gasoline, diesel, and liquefied petroleum gases.
PERM
Russia’s Perm oil refinery halted processing after a drone attack on May 7 caused a fire and damaged equipment, two industry sources said.
In 2024, the refinery processed around 12.6 million metric tons of oil, or 250,000 barrels per day, producing 2 million tons of gasoline, 5.3 million tons of diesel, 700,000 tons of coke and 200,000 tons of fuel oil.
NOVOKUIBYSHEVSK
Primary oil processing at Russia’s Rosneft-operated Novokuibyshevsk refinery was halted on April 18 after a Ukrainian drone attack, two industry sources said.
In 2024, it processed 5.74 million metric tons of crude oil, 1.10 million tons of motor gasoline, 1.64 million tons of diesel fuel and 1.27 million tons of fuel oil, industry sources said.
UFA
Ukraine’s military confirmed carrying out a strike on Russia’s Bashneft-Novoil oil refinery, over 1,400 km (870 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border, on April 2.
It can process more than 7 million tons of oil per year.
KIRISHI
The Kirishi oil refinery halted processing at the end of March following Ukrainian drone attacks.
Last year, Kirishi produced 2 million tons of gasoline, 7.1 million tons of diesel, 6.1 million tons of fuel oil and 600,000 tons of bitumen.
UST-LUGA PROCESSING PLANT
Novatek energy company suspended gas condensate processing and naphtha export loadings at its Ust-Luga complex after drone attacks caused a fire, three market sources told Reuters on March 27.
The Ust-Luga complex’s three processing units, each with a capacity of 3 million tons a year, refine stable gas condensate into light and heavy naphtha, jet fuel, ship fuel oil and gasoil. In 2025, the complex processed 8 million tons of gas condensate, company data show.
PORTS/TANKERS
A fire broke out at the southern Russian port of Temryuk after a Ukrainian drone attack, regional authorities in the Krasnodar region said on May 29.
Also on May 29, fuel storage facilities caught fire following a Ukraine drone attack in Russia’s Yaroslavl region, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said.
Ukraine attacked Russia’s ports on the Baltic and Black seas, including the Primorsk port, oil tankers and military ships on May 3.
A fire broke out at a Transneft oil-pumping station that delivers crude to Russia’s largest export terminal in the Baltic port of Primorsk, following a drone attack on April 23, two sources said.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil-pumping and dispatch facility in Russia’s Samara region on April 21, an official from Ukraine’s SBU security service said.
Ukrainian drones caused a fire at Russia’s Sheskharis oil terminal early in April.
Primorsk, one of Russia’s largest export gateways, can handle 1 million barrels per day. It lost at least 40% of its storage facilities in Ukrainian drone attacks in March.
(Reuters)
