Russia's Yaroslavl Oil Refinery Hit in Ukraine's Largest Drone Strike Since the Conflict Began

According to Fars News, carried by Donya-e-Eqtesad on Friday, 6 Shahrivar 1405 (August 28, 2026), Ukrainian forces carried out a large scale drone attack on the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region. The strike caused multiple explosions and a large fire at one of Russia's biggest refining complexes. Mikhail Evraev, governor of Yaroslavl region, described it as the largest drone strike in the area since the Russia-Ukraine conflict began. Further details on the damage or the refinery's operating status have not yet been disclosed. The strike is the latest in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refining infrastructure in recent weeks, which have repeatedly disrupted the country's fuel refining capacity.