Ukrainian military drones struck Russia's largest oil refinery in the Siberian city of Omsk on Monday, July 6, 2026, in one of the deepest cross-border operations since the full-scale invasion began.
The Gazprom Neft-operated facility is located approximately 2,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. NASA satellites detected multiple thermal anomalies at the site after the attack.
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The refinery processed an estimated 23 million metric tons of crude oil daily last year, according to Reuters data.
This marks the first time the Omsk region has been targeted by Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles since 2022.
Strike Details and Confirmation
Ukraine's General Staff stated that an impact with subsequent fire was recorded on the refinery's territory. The extent of the damage is being verified.
The military leadership noted that the Omsk facility is the last of the 11 largest Russian gasoline producers to be hit by their forces.
Local Russian authorities confirmed that regional air defenses were breached during the raid.
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Omsk region Governor Vitaly Khotsenko confirmed that several drones had broken through layers of Russian air defense and attacked the refinery.
Emergency services were deployed, but no specific infrastructure damage details were provided.
Concurrent operations by Ukraine's HUR military intelligence agency targeted the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl, 700 kilometers from the border.
Ukraine's General Staff confirmed the secondary strike, reporting visual evidence of explosions and smoke.
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Additional long-range operations on Monday struck the Novatek natural gas complex at Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea, a missile brigade deployment site, petroleum infrastructure in Kerch, and a drone warehouse in Luhansk.
