Smoke rises over the Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery, as the Samara region governor reports a massive drone attack on the region, amid the Russia-Ukraine conflict, in Novokuybyshevsk, Samara region, Russia, October 30, 2026.
The governor confirmed the casualties but did not immediately provide details about the locations hit or the extent of the damage. Separately, a major fire broke out at the Novokuybyshevsk Oil Refinery in Russia’s Samara Oblast late Friday following a drone attack, Ukrainian media reported.
NEW DELHI: Two people were killed and five others injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Bryansk region, the regional governor said, as Kyiv stepped up drone strikes on Russian territory, including an attack that triggered a major fire at an oil refinery in Samara Oblast. Videos circulating online showed thick columns of smoke rising from the facility. The refinery, owned by state-controlled oil major Rosneft, produces several petroleum products, including jet fuel used by the Russian Air Force. Ukraine has intensified long-range strikes on Russian oil refineries, fuel depots and other energy infrastructure, seeking to disrupt supplies to the Russian military and hit revenues used to finance Moscow’s war effort. You use AI every day. Now get your AI Quotient. Take the AIQ test.
It was reportedly targeted for the second time this year, following an earlier attack in August.