Kyiv's drones launched from Ukraine successfully struck a Lukoil oil platform in the Caspian Sea and a refinery in Siberia.

The entities involved

• Kyiv →

  capital and largest city of Ukraine

  • Russia and Kyiv face simultaneous drone attacks on major cities alongside talks aimed at ending the war.Mon 17:44
  • Russian drone strikes targeted Kyiv and Sumy on September 28th, including a hit on the National Academy of Sciences.Mon 17:15
• Caspian Sea →

  largest landlocked salt lake, located between Europe and Asia

  • The Middle Corridor, linking Central Asia and Europe, is gaining significance in regional trade and energy routes.Mon 17:06
  • Key contractors SLB and Saipem are deployed in the Caspian Sea for a complex intervention project involving BORIS.Mon 15:52
• Lukoil →

  Russian oil company

  • Drone strikes targeted Lukoil oil refineries in Kstovo and Perm, located in European Russia.Fri 18:36
  • Lukoil operates a refinery in Perm, while Novoshakhtinsk refinery sells fuel for export, amid military actions and Crimea annexation.Fri 10:03

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• Ukraine conducted tit-for-tat drone strikes, hitting a Russian oil refinery and claiming a strike on a plant in Kyiv.Aug 30
• Russian drones struck Kyiv on September 9, 2026.Sep 9
• Russia conducted drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, while Ukrainian forces carried out strikes on Russian oil facilities. Ihor Klymenko reported damage in Kyiv.Jul 2
• Ukraine used UK-made drones in strikes against Russian oil refineries.Aug 17
• ISW reports that Russian forces are using drones and missiles in Kherson and Kyiv, targeting civilians and infrastructure.Aug 5