Ukraine’s military hits one of Russia’s biggest oil refineries in long-range drone attack

Cnbc · 🇺🇦 public Ukraine · Aug 06, 2026 · 365 words · By Sam Meredith

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Ukraine's military on Thursday struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its border, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, as Kyiv continues to target the country's energy infrastructure.

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Ukraine's armed forces struck the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan and the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Yaroslavl region, Zelenskyy said.

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In a post on social media, Zelenskyy said Ukraine's long-range sanctions had "once again worked to limit Russia's oil revenues, which it uses to finance the war and the killing of Ukrainians." The Slavneft-Yanos facility in Yaroslavl, which is situated…

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Mikhail Evraev, governor of the Yaroslavl region, said on Thursday that the region had faced its largest-ever drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare destroying 93 drones?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Mikhail Evraev, governor of the Yaroslavl region, said on Thursday that the region had faced its largest-ever drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare destroying 93 drones”

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The claim is explicitly reported by National Security Journal and mentioned in reports regarding Governor Mikhail Evraev's statements about the 93 drones destroyed.

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web search NEUTRAL — Yaroslavl Governor Mikhail Evraev says the Ukrainian drones attacking the region have been destroyed, but falling debris has caused three houses to catch fire. Zelensky says they also struck two milit…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c242dmen8y3t

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web search NEUTRAL — Mikhail Evraev, governor of the Yaroslavl region, said on Thursday that the region had faced its largest-ever drone attack, with air defense and electronic warfare destroying 93 drones.
https://nationalsecurityjournal.org/everything-is-burning-pu…

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Claim 2: “Ukraine's armed forces struck the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan and the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Yaroslavl region”

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While the general attack on refineries is corroborated, the specific naming of 'Bashneft-Novoil' and 'Slavneft-Yanos' in this specific attack context is not explicitly confirmed by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence; the evidence for claim 1 is generic (Wikipedia/BBC general news).

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The deep strike campaign, or long-range strike campaign is a military campaign by the Defence Forces of Ukraine against the logistics of the Russian Federation and the Russian Armed Forces. The campai…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_strike_campaign

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine is a unitary state and its system of government is a semi-presidential republic. Ukraine has a transition economy and has the lowest nominal GDP per capita in Europe as of 2024.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine

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web search NEUTRAL — Follow the latest news about the Russia Ukraine war. Find reports from the ground, verified videos, maps and expert analysis by BBC correspondents across the world.
https://www.bbc.com/news/war-in-ukraine

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Claim 3: “A fire broke out on the Guinea-Bissau-flagged ship”

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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.

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Claim 4: “The facility employs more than 3,500 people and makes about 15 million tons of crude oil each year, according to its website”

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The provided web search results for this claim are irrelevant (referring to coordinates and headphones) and the Wikipedia entry for Yaroslavl refinery does not mention the specific employee count or annual tonnage.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Yaroslavl Refinery (Russian: Ярославнефтеоргсинтез - Yaroslavnefteorgsintez (YANOS)) is an oil refinery plant in the Russian city of Yaroslavl and is one of the largest in the country. This refine…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaroslavl_refinery

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web search NEUTRAL — Auriculares con traducción 3 en 1 con IA: Auriculares con traducción en tiempo real en 137 idiomas, inalámbricos con 5,4 horas de uso, compatibles con iOS y Android. Ideales para viajes, negocios y es…
https://es.shein.com/pdsearch/47.55555%252525252525252525252…

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Claim 5: “Ukraine has stepped up attacks on Russia's Amazon-style retail giant Wildberries in recent weeks”

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Multiple independent sources (BBC News and other web results) confirm that Ukraine has targeted Wildberries warehouses to damage the Russian economy.

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web search NEUTRAL — Wildberries has emerged as one of the leading targets in Ukraine's latest strike campaigns. Shelest says this is due to the online retailer's alleged role aiding the Russian war effort - as well as it…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c61k110gny00t

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has claimed success for the long-range drone attacks that it has launched against oil refineries but also against the warehouses of Wildberries, the Russian online retailer. One of those wareh…
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c61k110gny00t

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has struck warehouses belonging to Wildberries, Russia’s largest online retailer, in recent days. The attacks were meant to damage Russia’s economy as both sides traded strikes this week.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/23/world/europe/russia-ukrai…

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Claim 6: “Ukraine's military on Thursday struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from its border”

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Multiple independent news sources (CNBC and another web search result) report that President Zelenskyy stated Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries hundreds of miles from the border on Thursday.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Areas of southern and eastern Ukraine are occupied and controlled by Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War and the ongoing invasion. In Ukrainian law, they are defined as the "temporarily occu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian-occupied_territories_o…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russo-Ukrainian war began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia occupied Crimea and annexed it from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist armed…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Ukrainian_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March and April 2021, before the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Armed Forces began massing thousands of personnel and military equipment near Russia's border with Ukraine and in Crim…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude_to_the_2022_Russian_in…

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Claim 7: “Falling debris hit the oil refinery's storage tanks”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results about movies and music. Only the original claim's context suggests this, but the 'Evidence gathered' section failed to provide corroborating reports for the storage tanks specifically.

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web search NEUTRAL — John lives with his husband Eric in California, far from the traditional rural life he left behind years ago. His father, Willis, a headstrong man from a bygone era, lives alone on the isolated farm w…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_(2020_film)

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web search NEUTRAL — Falling (TV series) ... Falling is a British romantic drama television series. It is written by Jack Thorne for Channel 4. The cast is led by Keeley Hawes and Paapa Essiedu, alongside Rakie Ayola, Jas…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_(TV_series)

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 5, 2018 · » Stream Trevor Daniel - Falling: https://smarturl.it/TDFalling » Watch Official Falling video: • Trevor Daniel - Falling (Official Music Vi...
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=eIc4mqyN1Q8

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Claim 8: “One person was killed and three others were injured in a Russian attack on a foreign-flagged ship loaded with Ukrainian wheat in the Black Sea”

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No evidence was provided in the search results to support or refute the claim regarding a foreign-flagged ship loaded with wheat.

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Claim 9: “The Slavneft-Yanos facility in Yaroslavl... is situated hundreds of miles from the Ukraine border and about 170 miles (274 kilometers) northeast of Moscow”

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Multiple sources confirm the location of the Slavneft-Yanos complex in Yaroslavl as being approximately 170-280 km northeast of Moscow and hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border.

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web search NEUTRAL — Situated approximately 170 miles (274 kilometers) northeast of Moscow and hundreds of miles from the Ukrainian border, the Slavneft-Yanos complex in Yaroslavl is one of Russia's largest oil refineries…
https://www.the-express.com/news/world-news/213435/black-sea…

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web search NEUTRAL — Photo for illustrative purposes. The Yaroslavl Refinery, one of the largest facilities of its kind in the country, is located in the Russian city of Yaroslavl, about 280 kilometers (175 miles) northea…
https://kyivindependent.com/russias-yaroslavl-oil-refinery-h…

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Claim 10: “There were no casualties, but four people sustained injuries”

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The evidence provided shows conflicting reports: one source mentions a drone attack in Yaroslavl that killed a child and injured three adults, while another mentions three people injured in Tula. The specific 'no casualties, four injuries' claim is not corroborated and is contradicted by the report of a child's death in Yaroslavl.

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web search NEUTRAL — Ukraine has kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south and killing at least two people, Russian authorities said.There were no immediate reports from …
https://www.irishnews.com/news/world/ukrainian-forces-set-fi…

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web search NEUTRAL — After a drone attack in the Yaroslavl region in late March killed a child and injured three adults, a local newspaper reported that the Ministry of Regional Development had not activated siren warning…
https://dnyuz.com/2026/06/29/whatever-you-do-in-russia-dont-…

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web search NEUTRAL — Drones attacked the Tula region and other regions. Three people were injured, objects and vehicles were damaged, and a fire started in Engels.
https://nemoskva.net/en/2025/06/06/tri-cheloveka-postradali-…

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Claim 11: “Ukraine's Zelenskyy also said the country's armed forces had responded to Russian attacks on ships in the Black Sea by striking two military patrol boats and shadow fleet vessels”

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Although listed as 'No evidence found' in the specific claim 8 section, the evidence for claim 0 explicitly mentions: 'Ukrainian forces hit two Russian military patrol boats in the Black Sea, according to Zelenskyy, as well as vessels belonging to Moscow's so-called shadow fleet'.

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