Drone attack ignites Orenburg gas, Novokuybyshevsk oil refineries deep inside Russia

The information was reported by Russian regional governors Yevgeny Solntsev and Vyacheslav Fedoryshchev.

Orenburg

“Part of the gas plant’s infrastructure was damaged. A fire broke out in one of the workshops following a UAV strike,” Solntsev wrote on his Telegram channel.

According to him, the attack was carried out by “Ukrainian Armed Forces drones.” Solntsev claimed there were no casualties.

Following the night strike, the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant “temporarily suspended the intake of raw gas” from Kazakhstan’s Karachaganak field, the press service of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy reported.

The plant, owned by Gazprom, is the world’s largest gas chemical complex with a processing capacity of 37.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year. It is located about 1,500 kilometers from the front line.

Novokuybyshevsk

Drones also attacked the Samara region, Governor Vyacheslav Fedoryshchev reported on the Russian social network VK, which is banned in Ukraine.

According to eyewitnesses and monitoring channels, the strike hit the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery operated by Rosneft, with an annual capacity of 8.3 million tons, The Moscow Times reported.

Statement from the Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces

Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces claimed responsibility for the strike on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery.

“During the night of October 19, operators of the 14th Separate UAV Regiment of the Unmanned Systems Forces, in coordination with other units of the Defense Forces, carried out a strike on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery, which has strategic importance for supplying the Russian army with fuel and lubricants,” the official Facebook page of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

Ukrainian defenders emphasized that the Novokuybyshevsk refinery produces more than 20 types of commercial products, with an annual primary refining volume of 4.9 million tons.