Ukraine Strikes Russia's Biggest Refinery in Siberia
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- Ukraine's Special Operations Forces struck the Omsk refinery in Western Siberia, about 1,700 miles from Ukrainian territory, using Fire Point's upgraded FP-1 drone, calling it "the deepest long-range strike on enemy territory during the entire time of the full-scale invasion."
- Omsk governor Vitaly Khotsenko confirmed "enemy UAVs" hit the facility on Monday with no reported casualties, while social media footage showed fires and smoke billowing from the ELOU-AVT-11 main processing unit.
- Fire Point's FP-1 drone now has a jet-launched variant capable of flying 2,110 miles, per chief designer Denys Shtilierman — exceeding the Ukraine-to-Omsk distance and well past the drone's earlier 1,600-mile range.
- Zelenskyy highlighted the attack as an "important achievement" in his nightly address, declaring "upgraded Firepoint drones have put Siberia within reach of Ukrainian precision."
- Ukraine's General Staff said the strikes have hit about 42% of Russia's total oil refining capacity, with over 50 attacks on Russian oil infrastructure since March.
- Over half of Russia's 83 regions have introduced fuel rationing as official figures show national gasoline production dropped 17% to 850,000 barrels a day, prompting Putin to acknowledge the shortages — though he dismissed them as temporary and "not critical."
Why it matters: The Omsk strike pushes Ukraine's reach more than 1,700 miles into Russian territory, and the Omsk facility alone processes 21 million tons of oil per year. Combined with attacks already degrading 42% of Russia's refining capacity, the campaign is forcing fuel rationing across more than half of Russia's 83 regions and a 17% drop in national gasoline output — squeezing Moscow's war economy and forcing Putin to publicly acknowledge the strain.
