Ukraine Intensifies Drone Strikes onโฃ Russian Oil Industry, Causing Fires at Keyโ Facilities
november 4, 2025, 11:20โค a.m – Ukrainian โขarmed forces continued attacks on Russian oil industryโ targets in the hinterland, with authorities reporting multiple impactsโ and notable fires.
Ukraine โฃtargeted additional oil industry facilities inโ Russia with drone attacks. Anโฃ explosion at โฃa petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak, Bashkiria, in the Southern Urals resulted in three fires, as documented in available recordings. โขGovernor radi Khabirov โreported two drone attacks onโข an industrial complex in the city, located over 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
According to Khabirov, debris from downed drones fell onto the complex, but no casualties were reported. The Sterlitamak city administration stated โฃa water treatmentโฃ plant โat the facility wasโ partially destroyed.
A fire also broke out at an industrial facility near a Lukoil oil refinery and a petrochemical plant in Kstovo,โข Nizhny Novgorod region, on the Volga. The Lukoil plant is โฃa major gasoline production facility inโ Russia, โandโข eyewitnesses reported explosions on social media.
Russia’s leadership recently announced increased โขprotectionโฃ for oil โrefineries and other energyโฃ infrastructure in response to the escalating drone attacks.โฃ The โคRussian โDefense ministry claimed to have shot down 85 Ukrainian drones overnight,but provided โno โขinformation regarding hits or damage from โthe attacks.
Ukraine has repeatedly targeted facilities โฃwithin Russia as part of its defense against the ongoing Russian invasion, now in its fourth year. These attacks on oilโข industry facilities aim to disrupt supplies โขto the Russian military and hinder its war effort.
The strikes are impacting Russian trade, restricting exports of gasolineโค and diesel – key sources of revenue for the war. While acknowledging problems, Russian leadership maintains the situationโ remains under control and stable.
