Ukraine strikes Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar — SkimNews
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- Ukrainian forces struck the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region in an overnight attack on Saturday, September 26, 2026
- Kyiv's General Staff announced the strike in a statement and reported that a fire broke out at the facility
- The General Staff explicitly described the Ilsky refinery as helping to fuel Moscow's war effort in Ukraine
Why it matters: The hit on Ilsky extends Kyiv's campaign against Russian energy infrastructure deep inside Russia — a refinery the General Staff itself frames as directly serving Moscow's war in Ukraine, making it a stated military-logistics target rather than a symbolic one.
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