Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Refineries

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Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged key Russian oil infrastructure, including a refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region and oil transportation facilities near the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk,...
The attacks occurred overnight on April 5, 2026, when Russian forces intercepted a total of 87 drones over Russia and annexed Crimea, with 19 drones downed in the...
In the Leningrad region, debris from one of the drones initially damaged a section of an oil pipeline near Primorsk, though officials later clarified that fuel tanks had...

Ukrainian drone strikes have damaged key Russian oil infrastructure, including a refinery in the Nizhny Novgorod region and oil transportation facilities near the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, according to regional authorities and Russian defense officials.

The attacks occurred overnight on April 5, 2026, when Russian forces intercepted a total of 87 drones over Russia and annexed Crimea, with 19 drones downed in the Leningrad region, home to major oil export hubs at Primorsk and Usta-Luga.