Ukrainian drone strike halts crude processing at Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk
Ukraine's long-range drone strike forced Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk to halt crude processing, according to Reuters. The plant lies roughly 3,000 kilometers from Ukraine, making it one of Kyiv's deepest-reaching strikes of the war. Reuters reports the attack damaged the refinery's main distillation unit, which accounts for about 38 percent of its capacity, while a second major unit was also taken offline.
Russia's largest oil refinery has been forced to stop processing crude after a Ukrainian long-range drone strike, according to Reuters. The plant in Omsk sits roughly 3,000 kilometers from Ukraine, making the attack one of the deepest-reaching strikes of the war. In 2024 the refinery processed about 22 million metric tons of crude, close to 440,000 barrels per day, ranking it among Russia's most important fuel production sites. Reuters reports that the strike damaged the CDU-10 crude distillation unit, which handles roughly 38 percent of the refinery's processing capacity, while a second primary unit, CDU-11, accounting for about another 37 percent, was also forced offline by damage to supporting infrastructure. Ukrainian military officials describe the plant as the last of Russia's eleven largest gasoline producers to be targeted. Source: Reuters, CNBC, The Moscow Times, Kyiv Post. Visuals are AI-generated.