Ukraine Hits Russia’s Druzhba Pipeline and Ilsky Refinery in Coordinated Strikes
Ukraine’s Defense Forces launched a series of coordinated missile and drone strikes early Sunday against Russian energy and military infrastructure, hitting key nodes of the Druzhba oil pipeline and the Ilsky refinery.
The Gaze reports this, referring to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the statement, missile and drone units targeted the “8-N” linear production and dispatch station near Naytopovychi in Russia’s Bryansk region.
The site is part of the Stalnoy Kon pipeline system, which has an annual capacity of more than 10 million tons and supplies fuel to Russian forces. Explosions and fires were reported at the pumping station and adjacent storage facilities.
In a separate operation, Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region.
The plant, which processes over 6 million tons of crude annually and is used to supply the Russian military, caught fire after drone debris hit one of its installations. Local authorities confirmed the blaze but reported no casualties, with workers evacuated to shelters.
Ukrainian forces also confirmed successful strikes on Russian troop concentrations and logistics depots in the Kursk region.
Robert Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces, said the hit on the “8-N” station formed part of a broader campaign targeting Russia’s oil transport infrastructure.
“Transneft LVDS ‘8-N’ Naytopovychi (Bryansk region, Russia) – bad evening, we are from Ukraine,” he wrote on social media.
The Druzhba pipeline, one of the world’s largest with a daily capacity of 2 million barrels, remains a crucial artery for Russian crude exports to Europe, particularly Hungary and Slovakia.
Last month, Ukrainian drones twice struck the Unecha pumping station in Bryansk, underscoring Kyiv’s efforts to disrupt Russia’s oil flows.
As The Gaze reported earlier, Ukraine’s drone campaign against Russian oil refineries knocked out a sizeable portion of the country’s processing capacity, triggering gasoline shortages and record-high wholesale prices.