{
  "id": 17610783,
  "title": "Fire Point confirms strike on Russia's Kstovo refinery",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/01/fire-point-confirms-strike-on-russias-kstovo-refinery",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-01T13:45:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Voice of Ukraine",
    "slug": "new-voice-of-ukraine",
    "url": "https://english.nv.ua/nation/fire-point-confirms-strike-on-kstovo-oil-refinery-where-fire-breaks-out-50655261.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has confirmed a strike on the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Kstovo, Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, according to their statement on Telegram on November 1. The refinery, which has a design capacity of about 17 million metric tons of oil per year and is the fourth largest in Russia, was targeted by drones overnight into November 1. Local residents began posting footage of a large fire and heard explosions around 4 a.m. Despite Russian air defenses repelling previous attacks, the drones successfully reached the refinery, which has multiple facilities on fire. Exilenova+ also reported a potential attack on the Novogorkovskaya thermal power plant in Kstovo, which supplies energy to local industry.",
  "summary": "Ukrainian defense company Fire Point has confirmed a strike on the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in the town of Kstovo in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, according to the company’s statement published on Telegram on Nov. 1.",
  "key_points": [
    "Ukrainian defense company Fire Point confirms strike on Kstovo refinery.",
    "Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery targeted by drones overnight.",
    "Multiple facilities on fire, Russian air defenses repel previous attacks."
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}