Ilysky Oil Refinery
The Ilysky Oil Refinery is a petroleum refinery located in the settlement of Ilysky in Krasnodar Krai, Russia. It is one of the larger refineries in southern Russia and processes crude oil into fuel products. The facility has repeatedly appeared in reporting about strikes on Russian energy infrastructure during the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Russia's oil and gas tax revenues drop 17% in nine months despite higher prices
Russia's oil and gas tax revenues fell 17% in the first nine months of 2026, reaching 5,47 trillion rubles ($64.43 billion) compared to 6,61 trillion rubles a year earlier. The decline came even as Urals crude prices more than doubled from pre-war levels, driven by falling production, export constraints and Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries.
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Ukrainian drones hit Edelweiss-95 oil depot in Krasnodar Krai, SBU claims four depot strikes overnight
In the night of 28 September 2026, drones struck the Edelweiss-95 oil depot in stanitsa Novotitarovskaya, Krasnodar Krai, Russia, sparking a fire. Ukraine's SBU said it struck four oil depots in the region overnight using drones from its Alpha Special Operations Center. Russian regional authorities had not officially confirmed the attack at the time of initial reporting.
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Ukrainian strikes hit Azov optical-mechanical plant, Ilysky refinery, and Russian air-defense assets overnight
On the night of 25–26 September 2026, Ukrainian Defense Forces struck the Azov Optical-Mechanical Plant in Rostov Oblast — a facility linked by open-source analysts to several Russian missile programs — along with the Ilysky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, a Pantsir-S2 air-defense system, an ammunition depot in Sievierodonetsk, and a P-18 Terek radar in Donetsk Oblast. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) said the Azov strike was carried out by its Alpha Special Operations Center together with the Ukrainian Navy, using Neptune cruise missiles and Ruta, Palyanytsya, and Bars jet drone-missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly confirmed the strikes.