Ukraine says it struck oil refineries, port in Russia

Ukrainian forces overnight struck two oil refineries in Russia's Samara region and Vysotsk port, which houses a Lukoil LKOH.MM terminal, as well as an oil depot in Russia-occupied Crimea, Kyiv's drone forces commander said.

18 April 2026 at 09:33:12

Ukraine says it struck oil refineries, port in Russia

Service members of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces check explosive devices for FPV-drones at a position on outskirts of a frontline town of Druzhkivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine April 7, 2026. I

ryna Rybakova/Press Service of the 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via Reuters

KYIV,- Ukrainian forces overnight struck two oil refineries in Russia's Samara region and Vysotsk port, which houses a Lukoil LKOH.MM terminal, as well as an oil depot in Russia-occupied Crimea, Kyiv's drone forces commander said.

The Syzran and Novokuibyshevsk refineries came under the strikes, Robert Brovdi said on the Telegram app.

-Reporting by Yuliia Dysa/Reuters