Ukraine Drone Strike Ignites Massive Fire At Kirishi Oil Refinery Near St. Petersburg
A major Ukrainian drone strike overnight has set ablaze Russia’s Kirishi oil refinery, one of the country’s largest energy hubs, just outside St. Petersburg.
Footage shared online shows a towering pillar of fire over the refinery complex, which processes more than 20 million tons of crude annually and ranks among the top ten in Russia.
Ukraine Drone Strike Ignites Massive Fire At Kirishi Oil Refinery.
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The site produces gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, and petrochemicals critical to Russia’s domestic market and export supply chains.
The refinery’s newer unit, Kirishi-2, opened in 2017, is Russia’s first high-conversion residual oil facility. It supplies roughly 11% of Russia’s gasoline, 6.4% of diesel, and nearly 7.5% of aviation fuel output, showing the potential impact of the strike on both civilian consumption and military logistics.
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— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 14, 2025
Ukrainian suicide drones just set the Kirishi oil refinery one fire in the St Petersburg pic.twitter.com/44giJARybW
The attack follows a growing pattern of Ukrainian long-range drone operations deep inside Russian territory, targeting refineries and energy infrastructure that sustain Moscow’s war economy.
In March 2024, a similar strike on Kirishi reportedly forced a halt to at least half of its production.
Ukrainian attack drones hit the massive Russian Kirishi oil refinery outside of St. Petersburg overnight.
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 14, 2025
Seen here, a pillar of flame rises from the refinery complex, one of Russia’s largest. pic.twitter.com/Z3xoeyOoQ2
Initial reports indicate multiple drones penetrated Leningrad Oblast airspace before striking the refinery.
Russian officials have not confirmed the scale of the damage, but independent OSINT monitors noted visible structural damage and a spreading fire.
Leningrad region - arrival at the Kirishi oil refinery pic.twitter.com/qQX2eIKVpU
— Greyskull (@FreudGreyskull) September 14, 2025
The strike comes less than 24 hours after another Russian refinery was sanctioned, tightening the pressure on Moscow’s fuel sector.
The escalation highlights Kyiv’s widening campaign to cripple Russian energy assets—seen as the financial lifeline funding the invasion of Ukraine.
IndianRepublic.in could not independently verify the strike.
This is a developing story.