Omsk
Siberian regional capital, home to Gazprom Neft's Omsk refinery, one of Russia's largest.
Ukrainian drones hit Gazprom Neft's Omsk refinery in Siberia on 8 October 2026, Zelenskyy confirmed the next day, three months after Ukraine claimed a record 2,500 km strike on the city.
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Omsk is a regional capital in south-western Siberia and home to the Omsk refinery, one of Russia's largest, which Gazprom Neft has owned since 1995. Ukrainian drones hit the refinery on 8 October 2026.
The city lies about 2,500 km from Ukraine, the distance Kyiv cited in July 2026 when it claimed its first strike there as the longest of the war.
The Omsk strikes show how far Ukraine's long-range drones now fly, and put one of Russia's biggest fuel plants inside the war's target zone. The October strike came in the same week as Ukrainian strikes on the Ukhta refinery and on Yandex data centres.
Omsk is now within drone range
Omsk has become a repeat target. Ukraine first claimed a strike on the city on 6 July 2026, calling it a record 2,500 km one-way drone attack, its longest of the war. On 9 October Zelenskyy confirmed that drones had hit the Omsk refinery the previous day.
Kyiv's claim of 4 October, that its drones had put 51% of Russian refining out of action, went unverified by the Associated Press; Omsk, as one of the country's largest plants, carries much of the weight of any such tally. Returning to the same plant fits Ukraine's pattern of striking refineries again before repair crews finish. For a city deep in Siberia, the strikes end any assumption that distance keeps its refinery safe.
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