Overnight on April 23, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out coordinated drone attacks on several key sites of Russia’s fuel-and-energy complex.
In Novokuybyshevsk, Samara Region, an industrial facility was hit. Regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev confirmed casualties, stating that one person was killed. According to the independent monitoring channel Astra, the target was the Rosneft-owned Novokuybyshevsk Petrochemical Plant (NNK). Eyewitness videos showed a large fire breaking out on the plant grounds. Ukraine had previously identified the facility as one of Russia’s main producers of components for explosives, including synthetic ethanol and para-tert-butylphenol (PTBP), chemicals widely used in the defense industry.
Ukrainian drones also struck the “Gorky” oil pumping station (NPS “Gorky”) in Nizhny Novgorod Region. Residents of nearby Kstovo reported powerful explosions that rattled windows in homes, followed by a massive column of black smoke rising over the site. The station is part of the Transneft-Upper Volga trunk pipeline system and serves as one of the largest oil-pumping hubs in the Volga Federal District, handling significant volumes of crude oil transport across central Russia. The regional governor has not commented on the attack.
In addition, Ukrainian drones targeted an oil depot in Feodosia, Crimea. Monitoring channels Exilenova+ and “Crimean Wind” reported at least five direct strikes, after which a fire broke out on the territory. The Russian-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, confirmed the drone raid on Crimea, stating that air defenses shot down a total of 15 unmanned aerial vehicles. He provided no details on the extent of damage or casualties at the depot.
These facilities are strategically important elements of Russia’s energy infrastructure, which supplies both domestic needs and export revenues.