Fire reported at Kirishi (KINEF) refinery, Russia's second-largest, as it prepared to resume output

A drone strike sparked a fire overnight at the Kirishi (KINEF) oil refinery in Leningrad region — Russia's second-largest refinery by capacity and the largest in the country's northwest, with annual processing capacity of about 20 million tonnes (roughly 6% of national refining throughput). Russian air defenses said 62 drones were downed over Leningrad region; one downed drone fell near the refinery and ignited a blaze that was later extinguished, with no casualties reported. The strike — at least the sixth confirmed attack on the facility during the war — landed as KINEF was preparing to resume full operations after months of repairs from earlier March and May strikes, raising the risk of a renewed delay to restored capacity just as national gasoline output sits near 70% of domestic demand.