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Ukrainian Drone Attack Sparks Fire at Yaroslavl Oil Refinery

Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said 65 drones were shot down and the refinery fire was extinguished by Thursday morning.

  • On Thursday, a Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at the Slavneft-Yanos oil refinery in Yaroslavl northeast of Moscow, which Governor Mikhail Yevrayev reported was fully extinguished by morning with no casualties.
  • Russia's Defense Ministry stated "641 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones were intercepted and destroyed" across Russia and Crimea between Wednesday night and Thursday morning.
  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the refinery strike and reported damage to three transport aircraft and three helicopters at a military airfield in Rostov.
  • Rostov Governor Yuri Slyusar said an overnight air barrage cut power to four districts in Rostov-on-Don, affecting approximately two-fifths of the city's residents with no reported injuries.
  • Separately, the Central Election Commission reported one of its members was killed in a drone attack in the occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporizhzhia earlier on Tuesday.
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A Ukrainian drone attack damaged an oil refinery in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, causing a fire that was later extinguished, Yaroslavl Region Governor Mikhail Evraev said on his Telegram app, Reuters reported. The unusual admission by Russian authorities of a strike on an oil refinery comes after US President Donald Trump announced an energy truce between Russia and Ukraine on Monday. However, neither side has yet confirmed a similar agreemen…

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In Yaroslavl, after a drone attack, one of the largest refineries in Russia is on fire - OSINT A fire broke out at the Slavneft-Janos refinery after a drone attack, according to the ASTRA <p>OSINT analyst. The plant processes 15 million tons of oil every year.</p>

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A fire broke out at a Russian oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region following a drone attack by Ukrainian forces.

Mikhail Yevrayev, the governor of Russia's Yaroslavl region, announced that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged an oil refinery in the area, but the resulting fire was extinguished and there were no casualties. In Rostov, a transformer substation was damaged, leaving four districts without electricity.

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ГОЛОВНА broke the news in Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday, September 17, 2026.
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