Russian oil strikes

New explosions rock Russia's Perm as Transneft hub inferno expands - video

New explosions rang out in Russia's Perm Krai following an SBU drone attack and a massive fire at the Perm oil pumping station, Astra Telegram channel wrote on April 30.

30 April, 11:46 AM

Black smoke and carcinogens blanket Perm after oil facility attack - video

So-called "oil rain" fell after a drone attack on oil facilities and massive fires in Russia's Perm Krai, the Russian Telegram channel Agentstvo. Novosti wrote on April 29.

29 April, 02:12 PM

Ukrainian drone strike sets Russian oil depot ablaze for second day — fire crews battle blaze and bitter cold

A fire at a major oil depot in the Russian city of Penza continued to burn for a second straight day following a Ukrainian drone strike, Russian officials said.

24 January, 04:27 PM

Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal, radar sites in Crimea and occupied Donbas

Ukraine’s General Staff said its Defense Forces carried out a series of overnight precision strikes on Jan. 22, hitting the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in the village of Volna in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and multiple military targets across temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory.

22 January, 03:48 PM

Drones strike oil stations in Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast, officials claim

Drones struck oil pumping stations in Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast early on Nov. 5, according to regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev.

5 November 2025, 04:44 PM

Ukraine’s General Staff confirms strikes on oil refinery in Novokuybyshevsk, gas plant in Orenburg

Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck Russia’s Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Samara Oblast, the Orenburg gas processing plant, and an oil depot in the temporarily occupied city of Berdyansk overnight on Oct. 19, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed.

19 October 2025, 03:50 PM

ISW: Ukrainian drone attacks knock out a fifth of Russia’s oil refining capacity

Ukraine’s sustained campaign of strikes on Russian oil refineries is worsening the country’s fuel shortages and triggering record price spikes, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Oct. 18 report.

19 October 2025, 10:58 AM

Russia’s war economy and the 'Zugzwang' trap: Part Two of our interview with exiled economist Igor Lipsits

In Part One of our exclusive interview with renowned Russian economist Professor Igor Lipsits, we explored how the Kremlin’s financial mismanagement is leading the country toward a full-scale budgetary and industrial crisis. In Part Two, Professor Lipsits delves deeper into the mechanics of Russia’s war economy, the limits of Western business engagement, the illusion of a sanctions reprieve, and the emerging impact of Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s fuel and energy infrastructure.

22 March 2025, 08:35 PM

Russian oil strikes