Another major refinery was set on fire by "UAV wreckage". Now in the Nizhny Novgorod region

The fire occurred at two industrial facilities in the Kstovsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region after the wreckage of drones fell. This was stated by the head of the region Gleb Nikitin.

"At night and in the morning, 30 UAVs were shot down in the Nizhny Novgorod region. According to preliminary data, there are no casualties," Nikitin wrote at 9.27 in his telegram channel.

"The fall of debris caused damage, followed by the gorenje of two industrial facilities in Kstovsky district. <>. The fire is being localized and the consequences of the incident are being eliminated," he said.

The governor clarified that schools in the Kstovsky district have been switched to remote mode.

"The unmanned danger remains, the air defense forces continue to work," he added.

Local residents posted photos and videos of drone flights on social networks, as well as a fire that broke out at an industrial facility, indicating that this is the Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery, which belongs to Lukoil.

According to open data, this is the fourth refinery in terms of refining and the second in terms of gasoline production in Russia. Russia. The plant is capable of producing about 5 million tons of gasoline, over 5 million tons of diesel fuel, more than 2 million tons of fuel oil and about 0.5 million tons of road bitumen.

Earlier, the company suspended oil refining after the drone attack on April 5, sources told Reuters.

On the night of May 20, Ukrainian drones also attacked the industrial zone of the city of Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol Territory, regional Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said.

"According to operational information, there are no casualties, no damage. Thanks to the defenders of our sky," he wrote in the telegram channel.

Eyewitnesses report in public about the fire in the industrial zone. We are talking about a fire on the territory of the chemical plant "Azot". The company belongs to Eurochem and, according to Reuters, from 2022 to 2024 supplied raw materials for the production of explosives, which were then used in artillery shells. The plant has previously been attacked seven times. The last of these occurred in May 2026.