July 2026

Fire at petrochemical complex following series of explosions; thick black smoke rose over the plant

Explosions and fire near the refinery's tank farm following UAV strike

Two loading arms disabled, three petroleum product tanks hit

Fire at fuel depot following UAV hits

Fire at facility following UAV strike

Petroleum product tank and pumping station of the fuel depot hit

Fire at ELOU-AVT-5 unit (~30% of plant capacity); AVT-5 serves as backup for the main AVT-6 line — without it the refinery cannot quickly resume operations; fire location confirmed by OSINT analysts

Fire at refinery following UAV strike

Fire at port terminal following UAV strike

Fire at two petroleum product storage facilities; confirmed by Rostov Oblast governor

Large fire, flames reached fuel tanks; evacuation of residents declared; glow visible from several kilometres

Fire at one of the storage tanks; confirmed by Tver Oblast governor

Large fire at ~400,000 m³ tank farm; tens of thousands of tonnes of gasoline and diesel destroyed; shutdown of key logistics node in petroleum product pipeline system linking Ufa, Omsk, Salavat, Perm and Tyumen refineries

Large fire at ELOU-AVT-7 unit with capacity 7.3 million tonnes per year; burning of processing racks and tanks at refinery and adjacent ethylene plant; halt in gasoline fraction supply paralyses the petrochemical cluster; gasoline fraction output ~4–5,000 t/day and diesel ~10,000 t/day knocked out

Direct hit and fire at pentane-hexane fraction isomerisation unit; burning of communications near ELOU-AVT-6 unit and tank farm; plant halted for damage inspection; output expected to show reduced gasoline quality or require costly external component procurement

At least two FP-1 hits on ELOU-AVT-11 unit with capacity 8.4 million tonnes per year; refinery suspending operations; first strike on the largest refinery in Russia and Central Asia, located ~2,500 km from the border

Fire at refinery industrial zone following series of explosions; road from Yaroslavl toward Moscow closed

Fire at terminal area following series of explosions in the Bolshoy Port district; dense black smoke over southeastern part of the city; Leningrad Oblast governor declared UAV danger regime and warned of possible mobile internet disruptions

AVT-6 primary crude distillation unit damaged; refinery fully halted crude processing; large fire, two fires recorded in industrial zone; refinery had not yet resumed operations following the previous strike on 24 June

Fire at station; blaze recorded simultaneously with strike on adjacent NORSI refinery; target distance 850 km

Repeated strike on Ufa refinery; details of damage not disclosed