Ukraine drones hit Omsk oil refinery, Russia's largest

Ukrainian forces carried out a long-range drone strike on Russia's largest oil refinery in the Siberian city of Omsk on Monday, July 6, 2026, marking the deepest such attack on Russian territory since the full-scale invasion began. The strike targeted the Gazprom Neft-operated Omsk Oil Refinery, located approximately 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine's Special Operations Forces claimed responsibility, describing it as the deepest long-range strike of the war. The agency stated the attack damaged the facility's ELOU-AVT-11 primary crude oil processing unit, which it called the plant's most critical installation. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed a direct hit and subsequent fire at the refinery, adding that the facility was the last of Russia's 11 largest gasoline producers to be struck. The full extent of the damage is still being assessed.

Omsk region Governor Vitaly Khotsenko initially stated that air defense forces had shot down drones over the region, but later acknowledged that several had reached Omsk's northern industrial zone, where the refinery is located. He said emergency services were responding. Photographic and video evidence circulating online...