A Ukrainian drone strike on a synthetic fiber plant in the city of Volzhsky in the Volgograd region killed one person, regional Governor Andrei Bocharov said. The victim was a 60-year-old man. A 55-year-old woman was also injured and hospitalized in serious condition.
Update. The Volzhsky city administration said the injured woman died in the hospital.
Ukrainian drones also struck Volgograd, damaging a residential apartment building on Vershinina Street in the city’s Krasnooktyabrsky district in the northeast, Bocharov said. One person was injured and received medical assistance on the scene.
Falling drone debris sparked fires at a chemical plant in Volzhsky and at fuel and energy facilities in southern Volgograd, Bocharov said. He did not identify the facilities involved. The fires have been extinguished.
Ukrainian Telegram channels claim that an oil refinery in Volgograd was struck. The Telegram channel Astra reports that the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka plant is on fire. The plant has been attacked multiple times before; in the fall of 2025, it temporarily halted operations following an attack. Astra notes that this is at least the tenth attack on the plant. The governor made no mention of a fire at the Lukoil refinery in his statement.
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