Drones attacked energy facilities in the Ulyanovsk Region and the Urals

This was reported by the Exilenova+ monitoring Telegram channel and Serhiy Sternenko, a former adviser to Ukraine’s Minister of Defense.

In Novospaske, Ulyanovsk Oblast, drones struck the NS OIL liquefied gas facility. An oil depot was also attacked.

It is known that the NS OIL refinery is a small-scale oil refinery with a processing capacity of up to 600,000 metric tons per year.

The region’s governor, Alexei Ruskykh, reported a drone attack on a facility of the fuel and energy complex. He confirmed a fire at the site and stated that emergency services are working to extinguish the blaze.

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Also last night, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the “Subhankulovo” production and dispatch station of JSC “Transneft-Ural” in Bashkortostan. One of the storage tanks was hit. Local sources report at least 8 strikes.

The LPS is the most important oil transportation hub in the Urals, managing the transfer of oil from Western Siberian fields onward to refineries or to major export pipelines.

In addition, energy infrastructure in the temporarily occupied city of Yalta came under attack overnight. Explosions were also heard in other Crimean cities—Feodosia, Kerch, and Sevastopol.

As a reminder, Russian farmers are facing new challenges: strikes on Russian refineries and the situation in the Sea of Azov are threatening grain exports. Due to the rising cost of diesel fuel, farmers are already losing about 1,000 rubles on every metric ton of grain, and shipping restrictions are further increasing their costs.