Ukraine said it had struck the Korobkovsky Gas Processing Plant—one of the largest such facilities in Russia—and an oil transportation station in Yefimovka.

“Explosions and a fire were recorded on the territory of both enterprises, information about the consequences of the damage is being clarified,” said Ukraine’s General Staff of the Armed Forces in a post on Telegram, originally in Ukrainian.

Newsweek has contacted LUKOIL, which operates the Korobkovsky plant, for comment.

Russia-Ukraine Gas War

Russia and Ukraine are engaged in a fierce energy war ahead of the bitter winter months, seeking to degrade each other’s ability to produce enough domestic gas supply.

Failure to produce enough gas means expensive imports or populations going cold in their homes during the brutal winter, piling the pressure on the leadership in Kyiv and Moscow.

Zelensky Hails Long-Range Energy Strikes

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Ukrinform publication that Kyiv’s data shows that “Russia’s fuel shortage is already approaching 20 percent in terms of gasoline.”

“They are already using diesel reserves that they had been saving for a rainy day,” Zelensky said.

Zelensky attributed the success to strikes on Russian oil facilities by Ukraine’s newly developed long-range missiles and drones.

Ukraine’s new Palianytsia missile has hit dozens of Russian military depots, Zelensky said.

The Ruta missile drone, meanwhile, recently struck a Russian offshore oil platform more than 150 miles away in what Zelensky called “a major success” for the new weapon.

Also, swarms of Liutyi and Fire Point long-range drones—up to 300 units in one operation—have hit Russian energy facilities, and Ukrainian forces recently fired Neptune and Flamingo missile systems at Russia, the Ukrainian leader said.

Russia Wipes Out 60 Percent of Ukraine Gas Production: Report

The Kremlin has acknowledged it faces a difficult situation with gas supply, but presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on October 2 that officials are “taking the necessary measures” to tackle the problem.

Russia has imposed restrictions on the export of gasoline and diesel until the end of 2025, state news agency TASS reported.

But the situation in Ukraine is more acute.

A Bloomberg report said that recent Russian strikes had wiped out around 60 percent of Ukraine’s gas production, citing unnamed people with knowledge of the matter, and that Kyiv had informed its allies of the situation.

It means Ukraine faces having to import $2.2 billion of fuel for the winter, the report said.

Updated, 10/9/2025, 6:10 a.m. ET: This article was updated with more information.

This article includes reporting by The Associated Press.