Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Tyumen Oil Refinery as Kazakhstan’s Tokayev Urges Putin to End War

Ukrainian long‑range drones struck the Antipinsky oil refinery in Tyumen, western Siberia, on 20 June. The facility, processing up to 9 million tonnes of crude a year, suffered a fire that damaged a diesel‑fuel unit. Regional governor Alexander Moor confirmed emergency crews were on site. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hailed the operation as proof of Kyiv’s ability to hit critical Russian infrastructure deep inside the country.

During a summit in Omsk on the same day, Kazakh President Kassym‑Jomart Tokayev sat beside Russian President Vladimir Putin and said, “It is a shame, young people are dying… All this has to be stopped.” Tokayev called for the war to be “frozen” and for a return to Istanbul peace talks. The strike follows a broader Ukrainian campaign that has also targeted logistics hubs such as Wildberries warehouses and a Caspian Sea oil platform.

The incident marks the deepest confirmed drone attack on Russia’s energy assets since the conflict began, raising concerns about the war’s economic impact and the reach of Ukraine’s new FP‑1 drones.