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Kuibyshev Refinery Halted After Drone Attack. Two Other Samara Rosneft Plants Also Previously Halted
The Kuibyshev Oil Refinery has stopped operations following a massive drone attack on the Samara region, Reuters reported, citing industry sources. According to the agency, both primary oil refining units – CDU-4 and CDU-5 – have been shut down. Each unit has a capacity of about 10,000 tons, or 73,000 barrels per day. According to sources interviewed by journalists, the strike caused equipment damage and a subsequent fire.
TL;DR
- Kuibyshev Oil Refinery halted operations after a massive drone attack on the Samara region.
- Both primary oil refining units, CDU-4 and CDU-5, with a capacity of 73,000 barrels per day each, were shut down.
- The attack caused equipment damage and a subsequent fire.
- Three people were injured, and several industrial enterprises were damaged in the region.
- This is not the first attack on the Kuibyshev Refinery; it faced previous attacks in January 2026, August 2025, and March 2024.
- Other Rosneft refineries in the Samara cluster, Syzran and Novokuibyshevsk, have also been affected by drone attacks.