# Satellite Images Show Targeted Damage at LUKOIL’s Perm Refinery After September 25 Strike

*Saturday, September 26, 2026 at 6:06 PM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-09-26T18:06:41.797Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 7/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: New satellite imagery from September 25 shows damage at LUKOIL’s Perm refinery, including hits on a building identified as TIT‑310, process racks near the AVT‑5 unit and apparent fire traces around the AVT‑4 primary processing unit, following a reported Ukrainian strike.

Fresh satellite images have revealed precise damage to parts of LUKOIL’s Perm refinery after a reported Ukrainian strike on September 25.

According to analysis of the imagery, one of the hits appears on a building identified as TIT‑310. Additional damage is visible on process racks near the AVT‑5 unit. Around the AVT‑4 primary processing unit, the images show what look like traces of fire.

Those areas are central to a refinery’s operation, where crude oil is processed into various products. The satellite evidence indicates that the strike did more than leave superficial marks and reached key sections of the plant’s infrastructure.

The new visuals fit into a broader pattern of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil and fuel facilities since the full‑scale invasion began. Kyiv has presented such strikes as a way of weakening Russia’s ability to finance and supply its war, while Moscow has denounced them as terrorism and responded with its own missile and drone attacks against Ukrainian energy infrastructure and cities.

Separate Ukrainian reporting from the same period highlights how Kyiv is combining deep strikes with direct attacks on Russian forces. Ukraine’s security service special operations center "A" said its operators had killed or wounded nearly 2,800 Russian troops over the previous two weeks of combat work.

Russia, for its part, is investing heavily in drones and long‑range weapons. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that next year Russia plans to spend about $12 billion specifically on producing attack drones and loitering munitions.

What the Perm images do not show is how long any outage at the refinery might last or how much throughput has been lost. Russian authorities and LUKOIL have not publicly detailed the operational impact of this particular strike.

Analysts and governments will be watching whether similar satellite signatures start to appear at other refineries across Russia, how quickly damage at Perm is repaired, and whether Russian air defences are visibly reinforced around major energy sites in response to Ukraine’s campaign.