Russian drones strike four Ukrnafta fuel facilities in three oblasts
Russian forces struck four Ukrnafta fueling complexes in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts over the evenings of September 5 and 6, causing fires and equipment damage but no injuries. Ukrnafta chairman Bohdan Kukura characterized the attacks as systematic strikes on civilian infrastructure with no military purpose.
Key points
- Evening of September 5: a Russian drone struck a Ukrnafta facility in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire and significant equipment damage
- Around midnight on September 5: drones attacked a Ukrnafta warehouse in Zaporizhzhia, damaging permanent buildings
- Night of September 6: drones hit another Ukrnafta complex in Zaporizhzhia, damaging equipment and a canopy and igniting grass from debris
- Morning of September 6: a Ukrnafta fueling complex in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under attack
- No one was injured in any of the four strikes, according to Ukrnafta chairman Bohdan Kukura
- Ukrnafta is Ukraine's largest oil and gas company and operates a fuel retail network of nearly 700 complexes
- Its shareholders are Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine, and the company has been under state management since 2022
Why it matters
Four strikes on a single major state-linked fuel company's assets across three oblasts in two days point to a concentrated campaign against civilian fuel infrastructure. Ukrnafta's expanded retail network, built through the 2024 takeover of Glusco assets and the 2025 acquisition of Shell's Ukrainian fuel complex network, makes it a larger share of Ukraine's fuel supply, so sustained attacks could affect availability. The company frames the strikes as deliberate targeting of civilian infrastructure rather than legitimate military targets.
What happened
Russian drones struck four Ukrnafta fueling complexes across three oblasts during September 5–6. In the evening of September 5, a drone hit a facility in Kyiv Oblast, causing a fire and significant equipment damage. Around midnight, drones attacked a Ukrnafta warehouse in Zaporizhzhia, damaging permanent buildings. During the night of September 6, drones struck another Ukrnafta complex in Zaporizhzhia, damaging equipment and a canopy and igniting grass from falling debris. On the morning of September 6, a Ukrnafta fueling complex in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast came under attack. Ukrnafta chairman Bohdan Kukura said no one was injured in any of the four strikes.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
Ukrainian coverage centers the statement from Ukrnafta chairman Bohdan Kukura, who characterized the strikes as systematic attacks on civilian infrastructure with no military purpose — in his framing, terror against civilians. Reporting combines the tactical details of each strike (location, timing, type of damage) with company-level operational and financial context, emphasizing both the immediate physical damage and the broader strategic significance of attacks on a major state-linked fuel retailer. The fact that no one was injured across all four strikes is highlighted alongside the seriousness of the damage to equipment and facilities.
Background
Ukrnafta is Ukraine's largest oil and gas company, operating 1,807 oil wells and 164 gas wells, with shareholders Naftogaz of Ukraine and the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. The company has been under state management since 2022 and expanded its retail fuel network in 2024–2025 by taking over Glusco assets and acquiring Shell's Ukrainian fuel complex network. Despite growth in retail sales of fuel and non-fuel goods in 2025, Ukrnafta's net profit fell to 5.6 billion UAH from 16.3 billion UAH in 2024, and revenue declined by 5.3% to 99.4 billion UAH. In the night of September 2–3, Russian forces also struck Ukrnafta's production assets, damaging equipment at industrial sites.