Samara Oblast

Drones torch major Russian chemical plant

Drone attack sparked a fire at the TogliattiAzot chemical plant, world's largest ammonia producer, in Russia’s Samara Oblast, local Telegram channels reported early on Dec. 19.

19 December 2025, 09:41 AM

SBU drones strike liquefied-gas terminal in Russia’s Temryuk port, disabling the facility

Ukraine’s Alpha Special Operations Center of the Security Service struck a liquefied gas transshipment terminal in Russia’s Temryuk port with drones, disabling the facility, sources in the Security Service told NV on Dec. 9.

9 December 2025, 11:42 AM

Ukraine's General Staff confirms strikes on Syzran refinery, Krasnodar seaport in Russia

Ukraine's Armed Forces General Staff has confirmed that Defense Forces struck the Syzran oil refinery in Russia's Samara Oblast and the Temryuk seaport in Krasnodar Krai on Dec. 5.

5 December 2025, 04:14 PM

Fire engulfs Russia’s Samara refinery

An oil refinery in the Russian city of Syzran, Samara Oblast, caught fire following an overnight drone attack, the Astra Telegram channel reported on Dec. 5.

5 December 2025, 08:34 AM

Russian oil hub in Samara hit by repeated drone attacks - video

Drones attacked the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast overnight, Astra Telegram channel reported on Nov. 27.

27 November 2025, 09:56 AM

Drone strikes hit oil and gas facilities in Orenburg and Novokuibyshevsk, causing major fires

Drones attacked gas and oil refineries in Orenburg and Novokuibyshevsk, Russia, sparking fires on Oct. 19.

19 October 2025, 03:36 PM

Ukraine hits airbase in Crimea and sites in Russia

Ukrainian missile, artillery, and drone units struck a linear production dispatch station in Bryansk Oblast, the General Staff said on Sept. 23.

23 September 2025, 04:37 PM

Satellite images reveal extent of fire at Russia's Samara Oblast refinery

A large-scale fire broke out at the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast on Aug. 28, following a Ukrainian drone attack, with at least two large fuel storage tanks ablaze, according to NV’s analysis of satellite imagery.

29 August 2025, 11:17 PM

Fire at Kuibyshev refinery rages on despite official claims of control

A fire continues at an oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast after a nighttime drone attack, local residents reported to the Astra public channel on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 05:56 PM

Ukrainian drones torch key Russian refineries in Krasnodar and Samara

Ukrainian forces have successfully struck the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar Krai and the Kuibyshev refinery, Rosneft’s largest oil industry enterprise in Samara Oblast, the General Staff reported on Telegram on Aug. 28, confirming earlier media reports.

28 August 2025, 11:25 AM

Russia’s Samara and Krasnodar refineries burn after drone strikes - video

Drones attacked oil refineries in Russia’s Samara Oblast and Krasnodar Krai overnight, Astra Telegram channel wrote on Aug. 28.

28 August 2025, 09:20 AM

Powerful blast and fire as drones strike oil refinery in Russia’s Novokuibyshevsk

Drones struck an oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsk in Russia’s Samara Oblast, sparking a large fire on Aug. 2.

2 August 2025, 11:17 AM

Ukraine targets Russian TNT supply line in Samara Oblast

The Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company, Russia's largest gas processing plant, was targeted in overnight attack on Samara Oblast, Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine’s Center for Countering Disinformation (CCD) at the National Security and Defense Council, reported on Telegram on July 22.

22 July 2025, 10:46 AM

Drone attack rocks Rosneft oil hub in Samara Oblast

Rosneft's Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery was reportedly targeted in an overnight drone attack on Russia’s Samara Oblast, according to reports by residents and local officials early on June 27.

27 June 2025, 07:38 AM

Russian fiber optic plant in Saransk hit by drone attack

Drones struck the Fiber Optic Systems enterprise in Saransk, Russia, Andriy Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation, confirmed on April 5.

5 April 2025, 02:16 PM

Kremlin increases financial offers to enlist more 'volunteers' for war in Ukraine

Russian authorities are offering increased financial incentives to recruit more people for the war against Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense’s Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR MO) reported on March 24.

23 March 2025, 10:48 PM

Ukrainian military intel hits major Russian fighter jet fuel supplier

The overnight drone attack on the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast was carried out by Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), sources within the agency told NV on March 10.

10 March 2025, 11:57 AM

Russia’s Syzran oil refinery in flames after overnight drone attack

A fire broke out on the territory of the Syzran oil refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast after an overnight drone attack, local Telegram channels wrote early on Feb. 19, posting videos from eyewitnesses.

19 February 2025, 07:51 AM

Russia ramps up mobilization in Samara Oblast for Kursk defense, Atesh reports

Russia has intensified mobilization efforts in Samara Oblast to draft men into the 15th separate motorized rifle brigade to counter the Ukrainian incursion into Kursk Oblast, the Atesh resistance movement reported on Telegram on Sept. 17.

18 September 2024, 08:38 AM

Ukraine's SBU responsible for latest drone attacks on 3 Russian oil refineries near Samara – source

Ukraine’s SBU security service attacked three Rosneft oil refineries in Russia’s Samara Oblast – Novokuibyshevsky, Kuibyshevsky, and Syzransky – with drones, NV sources reported on March 16.

16 March 2024, 06:05 PM

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