Ukraine Drone Strikes Hit Yaroslavl & Perm Refineries and Oil Pumping Station – Russia – May 2026
Ukraine conducted drone strikes on two of Russia's major fuel-producing refineries and an oil pumping station on or around 7–8 May 2026. The Yaroslavl refinery (co-owned by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, ~300,000 bpd capacity) and the Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm (owned by Lukoil, ~260,000 bpd capacity) were both struck, along with a nearby Perm trunk pipeline pumping station. A fire broke out at a crude-processing unit at the Perm refinery and a reservoir tank was hit at the pumping station. The strikes are part of an intensified Ukrainian campaign targeting Russian oil infrastructure, with April attacks already driving Russian refinery runs to their lowest level since December 2009.
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Impact verdict
Low impact. LOW: Admin recalibration. The event may be locally severe or geopolitically notable, but the available reporting does not evidence a concrete Lloyd’s/London Market loss pathway such as named insured asset damage, vessel/cargo loss, port/airspace/waterway closure, energy/facility outage, claims/loss estimate, sanctions asset action, reinsurance impact, or market pricing/capacity response.
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Known7 lines
Ukraine's President Zelenskiy confirmed drone strikes on the Yaroslavl oil refinery approximately 282 km northeast of Moscow.▾
Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) confirmed strikes on the Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm and a nearby oil pumping station, approximately 1,500 km east of Moscow.▾
A fire broke out at a crude-processing unit at the Perm refinery.▾
A reservoir tank was hit at the Perm pumping station.▾
The Perm pumping station is on Russia's trunk pipeline network moving crude from western Siberia into central Russia.▾
The Yaroslavl refinery has ~300,000 bpd capacity; the Perm refinery ~260,000 bpd capacity.▾
Russian refinery runs hit their lowest level since December 2009 in April 2026, per OilX analytics.▾
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Yaroslavl regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev stated an unidentified industrial facility was hit by drones and a fire was quickly extinguished.▾
Perm regional governor Dmitry Makhonin confirmed Ukrainian drones struck unnamed industrial sites.▾
Ukraine has been conducting near-daily strikes on Russian oil infrastructure this spring to reduce Moscow's oil revenues.▾
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Extent of damage to production capacity at both refineries is not confirmed.▾
Duration of any operational shutdown at either facility is unknown.▾
Lukoil, Gazprom Neft, and Transneft did not respond to comment requests; official damage assessments are unavailable.▾
Precise timing of the Yaroslavl strike (overnight 7–8 May) vs. the Perm strikes (described as earlier in the week) is not fully clarified.▾
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Satellite imagery has documented the destruction of 10 oil storage tanks across two Russian facilities, including sites near Moscow, following Ukrainian drone attacks. The strikes targeted Russia's energy sector and fuel supply infrastructure. The attacks represent a continued Ukrainian campaign to degrade Russian energy capacity deep inside Russian territory.
Source: Al Jazeera Arabic (Mainstream Media) · View source
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Satellite imagery has revealed fires and damage at Russia's Ryazan oil refinery and Norlino energy facility following Ukrainian drone attacks targeting energy infrastructure deep inside Russian territory. The strikes are part of a continued Ukrainian campaign against Russian energy assets. The satellite images confirm physical damage to both installations.
Source: Al Jazeera Arabic (Mainstream Media) · View source
Initial Detection
Ukraine conducted drone strikes on two of Russia's major fuel-producing refineries and an oil pumping station on or around 7–8 May 2026. The Yaroslavl refinery (co-owned by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft, ~300,000 bpd capacity) and the Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm (owned by Lukoil, ~260,000 bpd capacity) were both struck, along with a nearby Perm trunk pipeline pumping station. A fire broke out at a crude-processing unit at the Perm refinery and a reservoir tank was hit at the pumping station. The strikes are part of an intensified Ukrainian campaign targeting Russian oil infrastructure, with April attacks already driving Russian refinery runs to their lowest level since December 2009.
Drones hit an oil refinery in Yaroslavl, about 282 kilometers northeast of Moscow, overnight, according to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. There were also fresh strikes on the Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm and a nearby oil pumping station... A fire broke out at one of the crude-processing units at the refinery and a reservoir tank was hit at the station.
Source: Rigzone (Energy) (Trade Media) · View source
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