Drones Attacked Gazprom Industrial Facility in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russian Federation

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16 October 2026

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Fire at a Gazprom facility in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of the Russian Federation following a drone attack on October 16, 2026. Screenshot from an Exilenova+ video

The Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Surgut Gas Processing Complex in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug of Russia.

The attack was reported by the OSINT channel Exilenova+. Information about the fire at the industrial facility was also confirmed by the governor of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug—Yugra, Ruslan Kukharuk.

The facility is located approximately 2,400 km from the Ukrainian border.

The target of the attack was the Surgut Has Processing Plant, which is owned by the Russian gas company Gazprom.

The facility specializes in processing gas condensate, which is used to produce motor and aviation fuel.

The complex has a design capacity of 12 million metric tons of raw materials per year. It is one of the industrial facilities in the Russian gas industry.

Governor Ruslan Kukharuk reported that a fire broke out at the industrial facility in the Surgutsky district as a result of the drone attack.

According to him, emergency services are working at the scene. They are dealing with the aftermath of the incident and investigating the circumstances surrounding it.

The Surgutsky district. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Google Map

The Surgutsky district. Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug. Google Map

There is currently no information on the extent of damage to the equipment or the potential impact on the plant’s operations.

On the night of October 16, Ukrainian drones attacked a number of regions in Russia, including Moscow, the Moscow region, Vladimir, and the Rostov region, where a fire broke out on the plant’s premises.

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