Afipsky Refinery in Krasnodar Krai was struck in an overnight drone attack, and local residents posted photos and videos that purported to show a large fire at the site. Veniamin Kondratyev said two people were killed and two others injured in the attack.
The refinery processes roughly 6.25 million tons of crude annually, or about 2% of Russia's refining output. It produces gasoline, diesel fuel, gas condensate distillates, heavy petroleum residues, and sulfur, which puts even a brief interruption at a site of this size into a wider fuel picture.
Krasnodar Krai response
Kondratyev said a railway station, an oil refinery, and residential buildings were damaged, and Afipskaya railway station suspended operations after the attack. Air raid alerts were active in Krasnodar Krai during the strike, which left a fire scene at a facility that has been targeted in previous Ukrainian attacks.
Russia's Defense Ministry claim
Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 148 aerial targets across Russia and over the Black Sea and Azov Sea. That claim sits alongside the refinery fire, the damaged buildings, and the casualties reported by Kondratyev in Krasnodar Krai.
Ukraine's military had not commented on the reported attack at the time, and the extent of damage to Afipsky Refinery was not immediately clear. On Aug. 22, Ukrainian forces struck the Novokuibyshevskyi oil refinery and an Ozon logistics center in Samara Oblast, a reminder that oil processing sites remain part of the broader strike pattern.
