(RYAZAN, RUSSIA) – The Ryazan oil refinery has halted all operations after a fresh strike by Ukrainian long range FP-1 drones, according to Fire Point, the manufacturer of the unmanned aerial vehicles.
The facility, one of Russia’s largest oil processing plants, ceased activity on 6th September 2026 to carry out repairs. Fire Point stated the damage was extensive and that the shutdown is expected to last for a considerable period.
The company noted that almost four months ago, on 15th May, the refinery suffered a large scale attack which damaged nearly all of its primary oil processing units. Repairs to some installations took more than three months before operations could resume.
“But today, September 6, Fire Point drones once again visited the Ryazan oil refinery. As a result of the attack, the facility completely halted operations to carry out repairs. And it appears that this time it will also be for a long while,” the company added.
Fire Point earlier confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck the refinery using long range FP-1 drones. The strike hit the largest primary oil processing units at the site.
The General Staff of Ukraine also confirmed the operation. It reported that during the night of 6th September, the Defence Forces struck the Ryazan refinery, the Rostov-on-Don airfield and three air defence facilities in Russia.
The Ryazan refinery has a designed capacity of roughly 17 million tonnes of oil per year, approximately 4.9 percent of Russia’s total refining volume. The facility is part of Rosneft.
The plant has been hit repeatedly by Ukrainian drones in May, July and September 2026. Previous attacks caused significant damage to processing units, prolonged shutdowns of primary and secondary oil processing and fires at the site.
Separately, operations at LUKOIL-Nizhegorodninefteproekt LLC and NOVATEK-Ust-Luga in Russia were halted following strikes by the Defence Forces.
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