Ukrainian Drones Attacked Refinery in Volgograd

In Volgograd, Russia, drones attacked an oil refinery, causing a fire.

This was reported by the governor of the region, as well as a number of Ukrainian and Russian telegram channels.

According to local residents, the drone attack took place around four in the morning local time. Shortly before that, an air alert was announced in the Volgograd region due to the threat of a UAV attack.

The explosions in the southern end of Volgograd were reported, in particular, by members of a local group in a Russian social network. One of the users specified that she had been in the Krasnoarmeysky district of the city, where the LUKOIL Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery is located.

At night, the Supernova+ Telegram channel published several videos with the sound of a drone flying overhead and an explosion filmed by a local resident.

In one video, the man gives his exact address – this house is located one and a half kilometers from the border of the large territory of the oil refinery.

Later, the governor of the Volgograd region of Russia, Andrei Bocharov, said that the drone’s wreckage had allegedly caused a fire at the refinery, without specifying the name of the enterprise or its exact location.

“An attack by eight UAVs was repelled in the Volgograd region. The wreckage of one of the UAVs caused a fire on the territory of the refinery, which was promptly extinguished,” Bocharov said.

Previous strikes

This is not the first fire at this Russian refinery in recent times. On January 15, Militarnyi reported that a massive explosion had caused a fire at the facility.

Local media reported at the time that the fire had occurred at around 4 a.m. The fire at the refinery was also confirmed by local operational services, which noted that the explosion had been caused by internal interference. The fire allegedly broke out at Unit 18 and two heat exchangers.

This Russian plant was already attacked by Ukrainian drones in May 2024, which caused a massive fire on its territory. In addition, the refinery was also attacked on February 3 last year, which resulted in a fire of oil products over an area of 300 square meters.

The refinery belongs to LUKOIL-Volgogradneftepererabotka and is capable of producing over 14.8 million tons of petroleum products per year. The refinery is located 475 km from the Ukrainian border.