Which specific infrastructure targets in Russia's Samara region were struck by Ukrainian drones, and what were the reported consequences?

Ukrainian drones struck Rosneft PJSC’s Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery and an Ozon Holdings e-commerce logistics center in Russia’s Samara region—approximately 900 kilometers from Ukraine’s border. Social media images showed a plume of black smoke rising from the refinery, and the Ozon warehouse was set ablaze, prompting evacuation of about 500 employees and causing injuries. Samara Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed the region suffered a large-scale UAV attack and specifically named the Ozon warehouse as hit, citing a post on the state-run Max messaging platform.

What did Ukrainian authorities report regarding domestic infrastructure damage and casualties from Russian drone strikes on Friday evening and overnight?

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that Russian drone strikes hit the Odesa, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy, Kherson, Chernihiv, and Mykolaiv regions, damaging residential buildings, energy and railway infrastructure, and civilian businesses; he also confirmed a daytime Russian drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih killed at least 16 people and injured 130—including 23 children—with a fire spreading across 9,000 square meters. Additionally, Ukrzaliznytsia CEO Oleksandr Pertsovskyi confirmed a railway facility in Darnytsia was hit, killing one employee.

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Ukraine Drones Strike Samara Oil Refinery, E-Commerce Warehouse

Aug 22, 2026

Ukrainian drones struck Rosneft's Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery in Russia's Samara region, causing fires and evacuations. The attack also damaged an Ozon e-commerce logistics center amidst ongoing infrastructure strikes between the two nations.

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