--- title: "Ukrainian forces strike the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl: fire breaks out at the facility" description: "On the night of August 28, the Ukrainian Armed Forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl. A fire broke out at the facility; the scale of the damage is being established." date: 2026-08-28T08:38:04.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/strike-on-slavneft-yanos-refinery-in-yaroslavl tags: [ukraine-war, oil-refinery, yaroslavl, slavneft-yanos, drones] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Ukrainian forces strike the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl: fire breaks out at the facility ![Thick black smoke rising from the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl after a Ukrainian strike](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/28/udar-po-npz-slavneft-yanos-v-yaroslavle/udar-po-npz-slavneft-yanos-v-yaroslavle-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - Ukrainian forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl; a fire broke out at the facility. - The plant, with a capacity of about 15 million tons of crude oil per year, is part of PAO Slavneft. - The attack became part of a series of strikes on refineries (Kstovo, Afipsky, Novokuybyshevsk) in recent days. On the night of August 27–28, 2026, the Ukrainian Armed Forces carried out a strike on the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery in Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl Oblast. This is reported by RBC-Ukraine, citing a summary from the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. According to Ukrainian military data, a fire broke out on the facility's territory immediately after the attack. ### Course of the attack and aftermath The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces emphasizes that the exact scale of the damage is currently being established and will be announced later. Thus, there was no official assessment of the destruction at the time the summary was published. Ukrainian and independent media outlets, citing footage from the scene, record active burning on the enterprise's site. ### What is Slavneft-YANOS According to the defenders' explanation, Slavneft-YANOS is one of Russia's largest oil refineries, part of PAO Slavneft. The plant's capacity is approximately 15 million tons of crude oil per year. The enterprise operates on a full-cycle processing basis and produces a wide range of petroleum products. The Ukrainian side also notes that the plant supplies the needs of the Russian armed forces in the war against Ukraine. ### Series of strikes on refineries The attack in Yaroslavl became part of a whole series of strikes on oil refining infrastructure. Thus, on August 26, following a strike by a Ukrainian drone, the LUKOIL-Nizhnevartovsknefteorgsintez (NORSI) refinery in Kstovo halted crude oil processing. The Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar Krai was also hit, where a unit for the joint processing of gas and gas condensate caught fire. On the night of August 22, drones attacked the Novokuybyshevsk refinery in Samara Oblast. ### Contradictory data On the one hand, the fact of the strike and the fire is confirmed by several outlets — RBC-Ukraine, Svoboda, TVNET and Deutsche Welle. On the other hand, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces does not disclose the extent of the damage, and the German outlet DW emphasizes that drones have struck the Yaroslavl refinery for the eighth time in a year. An independent assessment of the enterprise's actual losses and the degree of processing shutdown is currently absent, so claims of the "defeat" of one of the largest refineries remain pending official figures for now. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [General Staff confirms the defeat of one of Russia's largest refineries](https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/genshtab-pidtverdiv-urazhennya-odnogo-naybilshih-1787906034.html) - Основной источник: удар по «Славнефть-ЯНОС», пожар, мощность 15 млн т/год, ущерб выясняется. - [Drones strike Yaroslavl refinery for the eighth time in a year](https://www.dw.com/ru/bpla-vsu-v-vosmoj-raz-za-god-nanesli-udar-po-npz-v-aroslavle/a-78544625) - Подтверждает удар и контекст: 8-я атака за год; независимый взгляд. - [Yaroslavl refinery catches fire after Ukrainian drone attack](https://rus.tvnet.lv/8535782/posle-ataki-ukrainskih-dronov-zagorelsya-yaroslavskiy-npz) - Подтверждает возгорание после атаки дронов. - [Ukrainian drones attack the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl](https://www.svoboda.org/a/ukrainskie-bespilotniki-atakovali-npz-slavneftj-yanos-v-yaroslavle/33842379.html) - Подтверждает атаку беспилотников по указанному предприятию. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: Which facility was hit in Yaroslavl? **A:** According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the strike was carried out on the Slavneft-YANOS oil refinery, which is part of PAO Slavneft. ### Q: What are the consequences of the attack? **A:** A fire broke out on the enterprise's territory. The exact scale of the damage, according to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, is being established and will be announced later. ### Q: How large is this plant? **A:** The capacity of Slavneft-YANOS is approximately 15 million tons of crude oil per year; the plant operates on a full-cycle processing basis.