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Ukraine Reportedly Targets Key Gazprom Gas Facility in Orenburg During Overnight Drone Attack
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A fire broke out at the Orenburg Gas Processing Plant in Russia following a reported Ukrainian drone attack early on June 24, according to the Telegram channel Exilenova+.
The strike was indirectly acknowledged by local authorities, including Orenburg region Governor Yevgeny Solntsev.
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In a statement issued later in the morning, Solntsev said the region had come under a “massive” drone attack. According to the governor, Russian air defenses intercepted several drones over an industrial facility in Orenburg.
He added that emergency services had been dispatched to the site and said there were no immediate reports of casualties.
Following the attack, Orenburg Airport temporarily suspended arrivals and departures under Russia's “Kovyor ” aviation security protocol, which is activated when drones are detected in the region's airspace.
❗️Tonight, the 🇺🇦Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked the 🇷🇺Orenburg Gas Processing Plant. Several fires were recorded in the industrial zone of the facility, confirming the success of the operation. pic.twitter.com/Dg8y2TGsDq
— 🪖MilitaryNewsUA🇺🇦 (@front_ukrainian) June 24, 2026
About the facility
The Orenburg Gas Processing Plant is located in the settlement of Kholodnye Klyuchi, within the city of Orenburg, and is operated by Russia's state-controlled energy company Gazprom.
The plant is considered one of the key components of Russia's gas infrastructure and is described as the world's largest gas chemical complex. It has an annual processing capacity of approximately 37.5 billion cubic meters of natural gas and more than one million tons of gas condensate.
Its production includes processed natural gas, gas condensate and oil, commercial dry gas, stabilized gas condensate, sulfur, liquefied petroleum gases, butane-propane mixtures, and odorants.
The facility was previously targeted in a drone strike on October 19, 2025.
Local authorities in Russia’s Orenburg region also acknowledged damage to the gas processing plant following the latest attack. Yevgeny Solntsev said that “a fire broke out in one of the workshops,” adding that emergency services were working at the site and that no workers had been reported injured.
Ukraine’s General Staff later confirmed that overnight drone strikes had targeted gas processing plant.
Meanwhile, fuel restrictions in Russia have expanded to a nationwide level, with major fuel retailers—accounting for around a quarter of the country’s gas stations—introducing limits on gasoline and diesel sales following Ukraine’s sustained strikes on Russian oil refineries.
Restrictions of varying severity are now in place across more than 70 Russian regions, including Moscow and the Moscow region, St. Petersburg, Kursk, Belgorod, Rostov, and Samara.russ
At least 7,000 gas stations across the country are currently affected by the measures, out of approximately 29,000 operating nationwide.
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