Ukrainian drones struck a major Lukoil oil refinery in the Ural city of Perm, more than 1,500 kilometres from the border, in one of the deepest attacks of the war. The Permnefteorgsintez plant caught fire following the overnight assault, according to monitoring channels, while videos showed smoke rising above the facility. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Ukrainian forces hit the Perm refinery, along with military airfields in Volgograd and Astrakhan regions.
Perm Governor Dmitry Makhonin said 16 drones were shot down, one man was wounded by shrapnel, and an industrial site was damaged. Russia's defence ministry claimed it destroyed 325 Ukrainian drones across multiple regions and the Black Sea. Perm's Bolshoye Savino airport suspended flights during the attack.
The refinery, which processes over 13 million tonnes of crude annually and supplies fuel to the Russian military, was previously targeted in April, May, and July.