Ukraine shut down this Samara refinery in June—now its drones are back, and both distillation units are burning again
The Kuibyshev plant had barely restarted when FP-1 drones struck its AVT-4 and AVT-5 installations overnight, and by morning smoke covered the oblast.
On September 22, Ukrainian drones targeted Rosneft's Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, Russia, hitting two primary distillation units and causing a significant fire. This attack is part of Ukraine's ongoing strategy to disrupt Russia's fuel supply, which sustains its military operations. The Kuibyshev refinery, designed to process 7 million tons of crude oil annually, had previously halted operations in June after a drone strike, and had been targeted again in August 2025.
Each of the two distillation units, the AVT-4 and AVT-5, typically processes around 10,000 tons of crude per day, or approximately 73,000 barrels. The refinery's smoke plume was visible for over 100 kilometers across Samara Oblast, as reported by Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+. Russian news sources and the Kremlin claimed that Ukrainian drones were intercepted by air defenses in multiple oblasts.
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