On Saturday morning, September 27, drones struck an oil pumping station in Russia’s Chuvash Republic, halting operations at the energy facility, according to regional authorities.
The strike hit a site near the settlement of Konar in the Tsivilsky district, Chuvashia Governor Oleg Nikolaev said. He said the oil pumping station was attacked by Ukrainian UAVs.
“The strike was carried out on an oil pumping station near the village of Konar in the Tsivilsky district. There is no threat to the population, no casualties. Minor damage was caused,” Nikolaev wrote.
He added that emergency response systems were placed on heightened alert and that authorities had the situation under control.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that overnight into September 27, air defenses shot down 55 Ukrainian drones over several regions, including 27 over the Rostov region.
The Tingovatovo oil pumping station in Konar, near Cheboksary, belongs to Transneft–Prikamye and is part of the Almetyevsk–Gorky trunk pipeline. The Moscow Times reported the station has six storage tanks with a total capacity of 120,000 cubic meters.
Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said that over the past two months, the Defense Forces successfully hit 85 significant targets on Russian territory. Of those, 33 were strictly military targets, while the remaining 52 were part of Russia’s defense-industrial complex.
Syrskyi added that the operations have triggered a fuel crisis in Russia, directly affecting the military’s logistics and supply.
One such facility was the Afipsky oil refinery, which was attacked by Ukrainian drones on September 26. The large plant in the Krasnodar region processed about 6.25 million tons of oil per year.
Since early August, Ukraine has been targeting Russian oil refining facilities, partially or fully knocking out at least five major plants. Reuters reports Russia’s refining capacity has fallen by 17% to 1.1 million barrels per day. Kommersant’s sources say gasoline output is down by about 10%.
Amid the crunch, more than 300 gas stations have closed nationwide, and some regions have limited retail fuel sales to 10–20 liters per customer. Exchange-traded gasoline prices are up 40–50% since the start of the year.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said U.S. President Donald Trump approved strikes on Russia’s energy infrastructure. He said Trump believes the attacks should follow an “eye for an eye” principle. After meeting with Zelensky, Trump spoke about Russia’s fuel crisis and “big problems with the economy.”
