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A Ukrainian drone attack hit the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in Yaroslavl, sparking a fire that killed one civilian and injured 27 as debris damaged nearby areas; authorities said 67 drones were downed in the region, with debris affecting residential and industrial sites, while Kyiv claimed the refinery strike and other actions against Russian forces. Russia said it intercepted hundreds of drones across Russia and Crimea that day.
Ukrainian drones hit Russian fuel infrastructure overnight, damaging the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery in Volgograd and a fuel-storage facility in Yaroslavl, sparked a fire at a Krasnodar Krai seaport, and caused casualties at a Volzhsky synthetic fiber plant (one dead, two injured); Russia says 208 drones were shot down across multiple regions. The SBU later claimed it struck an FSB electronic‑intelligence center in Krasnodar to disrupt Moscow’s air-defense guidance.
Ukraine says its forces struck Russia's Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in Kstovo and the nearby Yaroslavl-3 oil pumping station on May 18–19, potentially shrinking Moscow's fuel capacity; the refinery is among Russia's largest (about 17 million tons annually) and provides gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel for the military, though the full extent of damage remains unclear, while Russia reported drone incidents in Yaroslavl and near Moscow with no casualties.
Ukrainian drones penetrated deep into Russia, setting the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl ablaze and triggering explosions near Rostov-on-Don’s defense-linked facilities, as Moscow reported air defenses intercepting hundreds of drones and temporary flight restrictions during the Kremlin’s Victory Day ceasefire.
Ukrainian drones reportedly struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, one of Russia’s largest facilities, overnight, as part of a broader wave of attacks on Russian energy infrastructure; Russia says it shot down 155 Ukrainian drones across 16 regions, while Kyiv targets oil facilities to disrupt Moscow’s war effort, with prior strikes on oil terminals in Ust-Luga and Primorsk and the Kirishi refinery, signaling a sustained campaign with potential global oil-price implications.