August 30, 2026
Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast and the Yeysk airfield in Krasnodar Krai overnight on Aug. 30, the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces confirmed on Telegram.
The General Staff said a fire broke out at the Kirishi oil refinery. It is Russia’s second-largest refinery by capacity and the largest in the country’s northwest, processing about 20 million tons of oil a year. The business produces motor fuel, aviation fuel, diesel and other petroleum products and helps supply Russian troops.
Ukraine’s Defense Forces also struck a site used to store, prepare and launch attack drones in Millerovo, Rostov Oblast, where a fire was reported.
In Krasnodar Krai, the Yeysk airfield was hit. The General Staff confirmed a fire on the airfield, while the extent of the damage is still being assessed.
Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert “Magyar” Brovdi said a Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile-and-gun system, a Sopka radar and an aircraft weapons depot were destroyed at the Yeysk airfield. Ammunition depots were hit at the Millerovo airfield, while a Nebo-SV radar and an aircraft maintenance unit were also destroyed near the airfield. In Shabelske, Krasnodar Krai, the Unmanned Systems Forces destroyed a Kasta-2E2 radar.
According to Magyar, the main target overnight was the DRL-27 module of the RSP-27 aircraft landing radar system at the Millerovo airfield. He said the destroyed system was an airfield traffic-control radar that detects aerial targets, manages air traffic and operates together with the PRL-27 landing radar.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces also reported that a drone depot belonging to the Rubicon unit and an enemy drone command post near Chumatske in Donetsk Oblast were hit. Russian command posts were struck in Sukhodolsk, Luhansk Oblast, along with military depots in Berdyanske and Hirnyk in Donetsk Oblast and Krasnosilske in occupied Crimea. A Russian ammunition depot was struck in Kadiivka, Luhansk Oblast. A Russian radar was also hit in Pavlichy, Bryansk Oblast, Russia.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the successful overnight strikes by Ukraine’s Defense Forces on Telegram and said that “Russia must feel that the war is returning to where it came from.”
“Overnight, Ukraine’s Defense Forces struck sites used to store, prepare and launch attack drones in the Oryol and Rostov regions. There were hits on a military airfield in Yeysk and in the Black Sea. Our warriors also used long-range sanctions against a refinery in the Leningrad region that generates millions of dollars for the war budget every month. Effective long-range operations during the week have also been confirmed, including against facilities in Bashkortostan and the Arkhangelsk region,” Zelenskyy said.
On Aug. 28, the Ukrainian president said the Defense Forces should launch 1,000 drones a day into Russian territory — compared with at least 300 currently.
The destruction of the radar systems makes it very difficult to operate the airfield. At least tens of millions will have to be spent to replace them.
“second-largest refinery”
Is that better, “Anonymous”? 🙂