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Russia’s Perm oil refinery, its seventh-largest, suspended operations after a Ukrainian drone attack on August 21. The CDU-4 unit (about 40% of capacity) was shut, while CDU-5 has been offline since a July 29 attack; repairs could take one to two weeks as Kyiv targets Russia’s energy infrastructure amid ongoing strikes on other facilities.
Ukraine says it struck a satellite communications center near Dubna, used for reconnaissance and coordinating Russia’s forces, in what Zelenskyy called a large-scale attack as more than 60 drones hit Moscow; city officials said air defenses destroyed 61 drones, while a 6-month-old died in Yegoryevsk and an admin building was damaged in Dubna, with brief airport disruptions at Domodedovo and Zhukovsky; Russia reported downing hundreds of Ukrainian drones across 18 regions, and Kyiv signaled further strikes on similar facilities as part of a wider campaign targeting energy infrastructure and deep strikes into Russia.
A overnight drone attack sparked a major fire at the Ryazan Oil Refinery, one of Russia’s largest fuel facilities, after a separate strike disrupted Gazprom’s Astrakhan gas plant. Local officials say incoming drones were intercepted but debris caused the blaze; both sites are key to Moscow’s war economy, with the Ryazan refinery processing about 17.1 million tons of crude annually and flights near Moscow briefly restricted.