Database of Ukrainian Attacks on Ports and Oil and Gas Facilities in the Occupied Crimea, Black, Azov and Baltic Sea Coasts, and the European Part of Russian Federation in January 2025

The Monitoring Group of the BlackSeaNews and Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies

Based on the results of our own monitoring, the monitoring group of the BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies presents a database of attacks by Ukrainian drones and missiles on ports, oil and gas facilities in the occupied Crimea, on the coasts of the Black, Azov and Baltic Seas and the European part of Russia in January 2025*.

*note that the actual number may be much higher, and that the Russian sources always deliberately downplay or completely falsify the statistics of the attacks impact.

Abbreviations:
UAV - unmanned aerial vehicle
USV - unmanned surface vehicle
ASM - anti-ship missile
UDF - Ukrainian Defense Forces
OPS - oil pumping station
BPS — Baltic Pipeline System
MOL — main oil line
MPL — main pipelin

In January 2025, the UDF made no less than 26 attacks on oil, gas and chemical enterprises, pipeline systems and ports on the coasts of the Black, Azov, and Baltic Seas, in occupied Crimea and the RF**, including at least:

• 26 on oil refineries and tank farms

• 2 on chemical and petrochemical enterprises

• 3 on gas companies

• 3 on ports

• 5 on oil and gas MPL facilities.

Some refineries, namely the Liska oil depot, Ryazan refinery, Saratov refinery, and BPS facilities, were attacked multiple times during the month.

In January 2025, a total of 9 RF Oblasts were attacked, including Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Tatarstan.

The largest number of attacks occurred in the Leningrad (5) and Saratov (6) Oblasts, while Voronezh, Volgograd, Ryazan, and Tver Oblasts and the Republic of Tatarstan were attacked twice each.

No attacks on oil and gas infrastructure in TOT Crimea have been recorded.

** The number of attacks in certain areas may exceed the total number of attacks, as two or more companies could be struck during the same attack....

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Ukrainian Attacks on Ports and Oil and Gas Facilities in the Occupied Crimea, Black, Azov and Baltic Sea Coasts, and the European Part of Russian Federation in January 2025 (based on the results of the BSN/BSISS own monitoring)

January 2025

04.01.2025.
Leningrad Oblast, RF. Ust-Luga. UAV attack.
Novatrans OOO, Ust-Luga seaport oil terminal.
Four tanks containing gas condensate were damaged. According to Ukrainian sources, one tank sustained significant damage, while three others were struck by shrapnel from the explosion. The RF claimed that only the buildings had been damaged.

08.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast. Engels, RF, UAV attack.
Rosrezerv Kombinat Kristall oil terminal.
Numerous explosions caused a fire, which intensified throughout the first day. At least one tank was damaged. The fire — referred to by the RF as “the process of controlled burning of fuel” — lasted for 5 days. Two employees of the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (MChS) of the RF were killed while battling the blaze.

11.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast. Engels, RF, UAV attack.
Rosrezerv Kombinat Kristall oil terminal.
Numerous explosions caused a fire, which intensified throughout the first day. At least one tank was damaged. The fire — referred to by the RF as “the process of controlled burning of fuel” — lasted for 5 days. Two employees of the Ministry of Civil Defense, Emergencies and Disaster Relief (MChS) of the RF were killed while battling the blaze.

14.01.2025.
Krasnodar Krai, Gai-Kodzor settlement, RF. UAV attack.
Russkaya gas compressor station.
The strike hit the buildings and equipment of the gas metering station. The MORF stated that all 9 drones had been shot down and that the damage had been caused by falling debris.

14.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast, Engels, Russia. UAV attack.
Rosrezerv Kombinat Kristall oil storage terminal.
A fire broke out. As of January 17, the area affected had decreased, but no information about the fire being extinguished was reported. As a result of two attacks — on 08.01. and 14.01.25 — 12 tanks with a total capacity of 60 thousand m3 filled with jet fuel were damaged/destroyed.

14.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast. Saratov, Russia. UAV attack.
Saratov Oil Refinery PJSC.
A fire broke out on the pipeline. An overpass for pumping oil was damaged, resulting in a product spill. The fire is likely to have started at the Uveka oil depot, located near the Saratov refinery.

14.01.2025.
Republic of Tatarstan, Almetyevsk. Likely UAV attack.
Kaleikino OPS.
No data on the impact of the attack available.

14.01.2025.
Republic of Tatarstan, Kazan, Russia. UAV attack.
Kazan liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal.
A fire broke out in the area near the Kazanorgsintez, CHP-3 and a gas filling station (GFS) of Gazprom Liquefied Gas, a subsidiary of Gazprom in Tatarstan, and an automotive gas filling compressor station (AGFCS). Tatarstan claimed that a gas carrier caught fire. Russian oil social media channels reported that the fire had occurred at the Kazan LNG field base. There is an LNG storage facility on the territory of the base, so this is likely where the fire started.

15.01.2025.
Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd, Russia. Likely internal interference.
Volgograd refinery (Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka).
An explosion and fire occurred at unit 18 and two heat exchangers.
*The refinery had been attacked twice by UAVs in 2024: On 12.05.24, explosions occurred and a fire broke out; on 03.02.24, oil products caught fire over an area of 300 meters.

15.01.2025.
Voronezh Oblast, Staraya Pokrovka settlement, Russia. UAV attack.
Voronezhnefteprodukt JSC Liskinskaya oil depot (a subsidiary of Rosneft).
A fire broke out. There are 23 tanks with a total volume of 47.8 thousand m3 on the territory of the Liskinskaya oil depot. According to unverified information, at least three drones were downed, causing a massive fire in several tanks. According to other sources, 4 tanks with a total volume of 30,000 m3 filled with diesel fuel and gasoline were damaged/destroyed. The severity of the fire is confirmed by the fact that reinforced fire crews, dozens of vehicles and two fire trains, as well as additional forces from two neighboring regions, were trying to extinguish the fire on several tanks. It was reported that on January 20, the open fire had been partially extinguished, while in other areas the process continued.

*Previous attack happened in 06/14/2024 - minor damage to an unused tank, no fire.

17.01.2025.
Kaluga Oblast, Lyudinovo, Russia. UAV attack.
Kaluganefteprodukt (Rosneft) Oil depot.
A massive fire broke out, possibly from one of the oil tank groups - 4 diesel fuel and gasoline tanks with a total capacity of 3,700 m3 were damaged/destroyed. There are 9 tanks with a total capacity of 6.7 thousand m3 on the territory of the Ludyanka oil depot.
*Previous attacks happened on 04/28/2024, 05/12/2024 and 11/25/24 - fire in 3 of 10 tanks on the base site.

18.01.2025.
Tula Oblast, Dedilovo village, Uzlovaya town, RF. UAV attack.
The 8th March plant of the Rosrezerv Oil depot. Novomoskovsk oil depot (Tulanefteprodukt, a subsidiary of Rosneft).
Two oil depots located near the town of Uzlovaya were attacked, these being the 8 March oil depot owned by Rosrezerv, and the Novomoskovsk oil depot of Tulanefteprodukt, a subsidiary of Rosneft. At least one container of fuel and lubricants was damaged, which caused a fire.

18.01.2025.
Leningrad Oblast, St. Petersburg, RF. UAV attack.
St. Petersburg oil terminal. The Great Port of St. Petersburg.
One of the three drones crashed in the open area of one of the elevator platforms of the oil terminal between fuel oil tanks.

20.01.2025.
Voronezh Oblast, RF. UAV attack.
Liskinskaya oil depot of Voronezhnefteprodukt JSC (a subsidiary of Rosneft).
The fall of debris at around 11:00 p.m. caused a new fire, in addition to the large-scale fire caused by the previous attack.

*Previous attack happened on January 15, 2025.

21.01.2025.
Leningrad Oblast, RF. Ust-Luga. UAV attack.
Novatek PJSC, gas storage facility in the port terminal. Port of Ust-Luga.
A fire broke out. All technological operations at the Ust-Luga Gas Condensate Processing Plant were stopped. According to some reports, at the time of the explosion, there were three large tankers at the berths that had arrived in Ust-Luga from Belgium, Oman and Libya.

21.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast, Saratov, RF. UAV attack.
The Saratovorgsintez OOO chemical plant (a subsidiary of PJSC LUKOIL).
The windows of one of the workshops were damaged.

24.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast, Saratov, RF. UAV attack.
A possible attack on the Saratov oil refinery PJSC.
No data on the impact of the attack is available.

24.01.2025.
Ryazan Oblast, Ryazan, RF. Attack by at least 12 UAVs.
Ryazan oil refinery (Rosneft), Novo-Ryazanskaya thermal power plant.
Fires broke out at the production facilities of the Ryazan Oil Refinery and at the Ryazan OPS. At least 3 tanks caught fire, which also engulfed a workshop with a diesel and jet fuel hydrotreater. Locals also reported a fire on the territory of the CHP plant.

24.01.2025.
Saratov Oblast, Engels, Saratov. UAV attack.
Rosrezerv Kombinat Kristall oil product storage depo, Saratov oil refinery.
Explosions were reported near Engels and Saratov. Currently, no data on the impact of the attack is available.

24.01.2025.
Leningrad Oblast, Oredezh village, RF. UAV attack.
Rosrezerv Kombinat Mehanizatsiya oil depot.
Three UAVs were downed near the village of Oredezh close to the border with Novgorod Oblast. Currently, no data on the impact of the attack is available.

26.01.2025.
Ryazan Oblast, Ryazan, RF. UAV attack.
Ryazan oil refinery.
Explosions reported. The strike led to a fire at three refinery units, including the AVT-4 unit — a tool that makes distillates of gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, and fuel oil from oil. A fire broke out in the unit for separation and moisture removal, as well as in the VGO unit, which converts vacuumed gas oil into high-quality products. The desulfurization unit also sustained damage. According to Reuters, both attacks at the Ryazan refinery severely damaged the tank farm, a railroad loading rack and a hydrotreater (details unknown), which shut down the plant.
*Another attack occurred on 13.03.24, after which the plant was restored to 60% of its capacity.

27.01.2025.
Tver Oblast, Elevator village, RF. UAV attack.
RN-Tver oil depot (subsidiary of Rosneft), Tvernefteprodukt oil depot (owned by Surgutneftegaz).
The UAV was downed near the town of Elevator, where there are two oil depots - the RN-Tver oil depot, a subsidiary of Rosneft (8 tanks with a total volume of 6.4 thousand m3), and the larger Tvernefteprodukt oil depot, a subsidiary of Surgutneftegaz (26 tanks). No visible fires or damage were seen.

29.01.2025.
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Kstovo, RF. UAV attack.
SIBUR-Kstovo petrochemical plant; probably Nizhny Novgorod refinery (LUKOIL).
Four hits were reported at SIBUR-Kstovo, with multiple explosions heard. The ethylene and propylene production unit EP-300 caught fire. The refinery's main units were put on standby. Product shipments have been suspended. Operations are scheduled to resume in early March.

29.01.2025.
Andreapol, Tver Oblast, Erokhino village, RF. UAV attack.
Andreapol OPS of Transneft-Baltica LLC (part of the S-2).
There were reports of nine UAVs downed in the city area. The filtration pumping site and additive tanks were damaged, causing an oil spill and fire. According to some sources, the MPT that had supplied oil to the Ust-Luga terminal in the Leningrad Oblast, was temporarily shut down.

29.01.2025.
Leningrad Oblast, Vsevolozhsky district, RF. UAV attack.
Linear production and dispatch station (LPDS) Nevskaya of the BPS (BPS).
A UAV was reported to have been downed in the area. Currently, no data on the impact of the attack is available.

30.01.2025.
Bryansk Oblast, Novozybkov, RF. UAV attack.
Novozybkov OPS of the Druzhba MOL.
Explosions and fire were reported near the villages of Mamai and Zamyshevo close to the town of Novozybkov.
Previous attack happened on 30.12.2024. The attack was carried out by a Peklo missile-drone, which partially destroyed a technical building on the territory of the pipeline.

31.01.2025.
Volgograd Oblast, Volgograd, RF. Attack by 8 UAVs.
Volgograd Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka oil refinery.
Explosions at the refinery, that caused fire were reported. RF claimed that the incident had been caused by the falling wreckage from one of the downed UAVs .
*Previous emergency happened on January 15, 2025.

A brief list of facilities attacked in January 2025:

Oil and petrochemical facilities:
OPS Andreapol
Volgograd refinery
OPS Kaleikino
Kaluganefteprodukt oil depot
Liskinskoye oil depot
Nevskaya gasoline bulk terminal
Nizhny Novgorod refinery
Novatrans oil terminal
OPS Novozybkov
Novomoskovsk oil depot
Novo-Ryazanskaya CHP
St. Petersburg oil terminal
Ryazan Oil Refinery
RN-Tver oil depot
Saratov oil refinery PJSC
Saratovorgsintez chemical plant
SIBUR-Kstovo petrochemical plant
Tvernefteprodukt oil depot.
Rosrezerv enterprises (oil product storage base at the Kristall Plant, oil depot at the 8 March Plant, and oil depot at the Mechanization Plant)

Gas facilities:
Kazan LNG field base
Gas storage facility at the port terminal of Novatek PJSC
Russkaya gas compressor station

Ports:
Ust-Luga seaport
The Great Port of St. Petersburg.

Background information on some of the attacked companies:

Andreapol (Erokhino village, Andreapol district, Tver Oblast) is an OPS that is part of the pipeline which supplies oil to the Baltic Sea Ust-Luga terminal of the Baltic Pipeline System (BPS-2). The OPS provides oil from the Unecha-Ust-Luga and Surgut-Polotsk MOLs to the Novopolotsk refinery in Belarus.
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The Volgograd refinery (Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka) processes almost 6% of all oil in RF, producing over 14.8 million tons of petroleum products annually. It is one of the top enterprises in the Russian oil industry located in Volgograd and is the largest supplier of fuels and lubricants for the southern regions of Russia and CIS countries.
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Rosrezerv Kristall Plant (Saratov Oblast, Engels. Federal State-Owned Institution or FGKU in Russian). The tank farm stores jet fuel for the Engels-2 military airfield, the main base for Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers. Engels-2 is one of the largest and most technically equipped Russian air bases, the main bomber base and the only place in Russia where Tu-160 strategic bombers are based.
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KSTOVO Industrial Zone (Nizhny Novgorod Oblast) — home to LUKOIL's Nizhny Novgorod Oil Refinery (LUKOIL-Nizhnefteorgsintez, NORSI), with a capacity of 17 million tons per year and several oil depots, including the Kstovo oil depot of LUKOIL-Centrnefteprodukt and the Prominvest oil depot at the Zeletsino railway station. It is also the location of the petrochemical production facilities of SIBUR-Kstovo and RusVinyl.
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Liskinskaya (Voronezh Oblast) is a large oil depot of Voronezhnefteprodukt, a Rosneft subsidiary. The depot has 23 tanks with a total volume of 47.8 thousand m3 that store AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline and diesel fuel.
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The tank farm in Lyudinovo (Kaluga Oblast) is owned by Kaluganefteprodukt JSC, subordinate to Rosneft. It houses tanks of the RVS-200, RVS-700 and RVS-1000 types — the figures correspond to the respective maximum volume in cubic meters.
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The BPS Nevskaya LPCS (Andreapol, Leningrad Oblast). The BTS-1 and BTS-2 MOLs ensure oil transportation to the Russian ports on the Baltic Sea-Priorsk and Ust-Luga, respectively. The Nevskaya LPDS transports oil to the port of Priluka.
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Novozybkov OPS (Bryansk Oblast). Belongs to the Kuibyshev-Unecha-Mozyr-1 MOL (Druzhba-1 MOL), but due to a decrease in supply volumes and frequent attacks, has been excluded from the Druzhba MOL technological chain. Oil pumping is suspended, and the tank farm is currently empty.
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St. Petersburg Oil Terminal is the largest Russian oil product transshipment terminal in the Baltic region with a 12.5 million ton annual throughput capacity, as well as the largest stevedoring company in the Great Port of St. Petersburg. The terminal provides a high-tech process for receiving oil products arriving by rail, river, and road, and for loading oil products onto road transport, as well as onto sea and bunkering vessels.
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Russkaya Compressor Station is the starting point of the TurkStream gas pipeline, which runs from Russia to Turkey. The combined annual capacity of the two lines is 31.5 billion cubic meters of gas. One of them is intended for supplying gas to Turkey, while the second — to the countries of Southern and South-Eastern Europe. The station is equipped with seven 32 MW gas pumping units, which enables it to create a gas outlet pressure of up to 28.45 MPa, ensuring its transport over distances of 900 km.
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Ryazan Oil Refinery (Ryazan Oil Refining Company) is one of the largest processors in Russia with a 17 million ton annual processing capacity. The design capacity of the enterprise is 18.8 million tons of oil per year. Since 2013, the plant has been under the control of Rosneft.
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Two subsidiaries of Rosneft (formerly TNK-BP) — Saratovnefteprodukt and the Saratov Oil Refinery — are located in the Saratov region. With an annual capacity of 7 million ton Rosneft’s PJSC Saratov Oil Refinery produces mainly gasoline, fuel oil and diesel fuel — over 20 types of oil products in total. The company is involved in supplying the Russian occupation army. In 2024, the refinery processed 5.8 million tons of oil, produced 1.2 million tons of gasoline, 1.9 million tons of diesel fuel and 1.0 million tons of fuel oil.
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Saratovorgsintez, LLC, a LUKOIL PJSC subsidiary — a petrochemical enterprise that is a leading manufacturer of acrylonitrile, acetonitrile and sodium cyanide in Russia.
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Sibur-Kstovo Petrochemical Plant (Nizhny Novgorod Region) processes straight-run gasoline and liquefied gas at a pyrolysis unit and produces ethylene, propylene, benzene, as well as some hydrocarbon fractions.
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Tvernefteprodukt (Tvernefteprodukt Sales Company, LLC — a subsidiary of Surgutneftegaz PJSC) carries out wholesale and retail sales of petroleum products in Tver and the Tver region. The sales network of Tvernefteprodukt has 53 gas stations and 1 oil depot with 26 tanks. The main products are supplied from the Kirishi Oil Refinery of KINEF, LLC, which is part of Surgutneftegaz PJSC. Surgutneftegaz is the largest oil and gas producing company in the Russian Federation.
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Rosneft's enterprises in the Tula region — the Rosrezerv 8th of March plant oil depot, and the Novomoskovsk oil depot of Tulanefteprodukt, a Rosneft subsidiary. The Novomoskovsk oil depot has 21 tanks with a total volume of 11.7 thousand m3, that ensure the storage of AI-92, AI-95 and AI-98 gasoline and diesel fuel.

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