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Russian refinery in Kstovo reportedly hit by overnight drone strike
Reports say a drone strike set the NORSI refinery ablaze overnight on Nov.
1 in Kstovo, Russia.
Ukrainian monitoring channels and Russian outlet ASTRA reported the strike, but it could not be independently verified.
The refinery is about 800 kilometers from Ukraine and is one of Russia’s largest oil-processing sites.
It processes around 15–17 million metric tons of crude a year and produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel.
A previous strike on Aug.
26 damaged the refinery and halted operations; the sources do not say whether it had resumed work before this reported attack.
Ukraine has kept up drone strikes on Russian energy facilities in 2026, targeting sites that help sustain Russia’s war effort, and this remains a developing story.
A major Russian oil refinery in Kstovo was reportedly hit by a drone attack overnight on Nov. 1.
The refinery was reported to be burning, but the reports could not be immediately verified by the Kyiv Independent.
The facility is the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery, also known as NORSI.
NORSI is Russia’s fourth-largest oil refinery and its second-largest gasoline producer.
Ukraine has targeted the facility before, including in a confirmed strike on Aug. 26 that caused a large fire.
- Who
- Ukraine was reported to have carried out the drone attack.
- What
- The NORSI oil refinery was reportedly struck and was burning.
- When
- Overnight on Nov. 1.
- Where
- Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia.
- Why
- Not stated.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Ukraine has conducted a sustained campaign of long-range drone strikes on Russian energy facilities.
A confirmed strike on NORSI sparked a large fire and the refinery suspended operations because of damage.
The refinery was reportedly targeted in a drone attack and was reported to be burning.
- Location
- Kstovo, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast
- Facility
- Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery, known as NORSI
- Reported attack
- Overnight on Nov. 1
- Crude processing
- Around 15–17 million metric tons annually
- Distance from Ukraine
- Approximately 800 kilometers (500 miles) from the Ukrainian border
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