Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Tyumen Oil Refinery in western Siberia, causing a fire at one of the facility's processing units.
Ukrainian long-range drones struck the Tyumen Oil Refinery in western Siberia on July 25, reaching a target nearly 2,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Alexander Moor, the Tyumen Region Governor, confirmed that a drone crashed on the refinery grounds and caused a fire at the facility. The strike hit a deep diesel fuel hydrotreatment unit, with footage showing flames engulfing a processing unit protected by anti-drone netting. While the exact extent of the damage remains unverified, the refinery is one of the largest independent oil-processing facilities in Russia. It possesses an annual crude-processing capacity of approximately 8–9 million metric tons. This attack follows a previous strike on the same refinery on June 20. Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the operation utilized upgraded long-range drones developed by the Ukrainian company Fire Point. These drones are capable of striking targets at distances of up to 3,000 kilometers, allowing Ukraine to effectively target Russian energy infrastructure from a significant distance.