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Drones Attack Russia’s Ryazan Oil Refinery, Video Shows

From Ukrainska Pravda · () Ukrainian

Translated from Ukrainian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Drones attacked the Ryazan oil refinery on the night of Sept. 5-6, and a fire broke out at one of the region’s facilities.
  • Analysts from ASTRA and the Ukrainian outlet Exilenova+ identified the refinery as the target using photos and video.
  • Debris damaged a residential building, while authorities reported no casualties at the time of publication.

Drones attacked the Ryazan oil refinery in Russia during the night of Sept. 5-6, according to Russian and Ukrainian media reports. Ryazan regional Governor Pavel Malkov confirmed a drone attack and said a fire had started at one facility, without identifying it.

ASTRA journalists said their analysis of photographs and videos showed that the refinery had been hit. The Ukrainian outlet Exilenova+, which tracks attacks, also reported a successful strike on the facility.

Malkov said drone debris damaged a residential building in Ryazan and another site in the Sapozhkovsky district. No casualties had been reported at the time of the report.

The refinery belongs to Rosneft, Russia’s state-controlled oil company, and has a crude-processing capacity of about 17 million tonnes a year. The article said it had previously been attacked in May and July 2026.

at one of the facilities

· Pavel MalkovThe Ryazan governor described the location of a reported fire after the drone attack without specifying the facility.
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Originally published by Ukrainska Pravda in Ukrainian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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