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Gazprom Neft Halts Moscow Refinery After Drone Attack

By Drooid · Sep 21, 2026, 11:10 PM UTC · How we work

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Gazprom Neft Halts

Gazprom Neft halted crude processing at the Moscow Oil Refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said an industrial facility on the refinery’s premises was damaged.
The AVT-6 (21,400 t/day) and Euro+ (18,800 t/day) crude-distillation units caught fire.
Sources said repairs could take several weeks before operations resume.
Fuel from the refinery has not been listed on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange since Sept 21.

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Sobyanin Blames Kyiv

Drone strikes killed three civilians, including a 44-year-old woman in Sofyino and an elderly man in Orekhovo-Zuevo.
About 400 residents, including 70 children, were evacuated from a 21-story apartment block in Ramenskoye.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin accused Kyiv of trying to disrupt voting on the election’s final day.
Russian air defenses reported destroying 1,110 Ukrainian drones nationwide, with 450 aimed at Moscow.

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Historical Context

After Russia recognized Abkhazia and South Ossetia in April 2008 and boosted its peacekeeping force to 2,542 troops, the August 2008 war saw Russian fighters scramble to intercept a Georgian air offensive, marking a major cross-border air clash. In 2024, Ukrainian drones struck Moscow’s Gazprom Neft refinery, prompting Mayor Sergei Sobyanin to report civilian casualties and heightened alarm over Russia’s air-defence readiness.

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Gazprom Neft Halts

Gazprom Neft halted crude processing at the Moscow Oil Refinery after a Ukrainian drone attack.
Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said an industrial facility on the refinery’s premises was damaged.
The AVT-6 (21,400 t/day) and Euro+ (18,800 t/day) crude-distillation units caught fire.
Sources said repairs could take several weeks before operations resume.
Fuel from the refinery has not been listed on the St. Petersburg International Mercantile Exchange since Sept 21.

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