Ukraine Strikes Vtorovo Oil Pumping Station in Vladimir Oblast — Supplies Moscow Airports

On the night of May 23–24, 2026, Ukraine's SBU Special Group Alpha drone operators struck the Vtorovo oil pumping and dispatching station in Vladimir Oblast, approximately 650 km from the Ukrainian border, northeast of Moscow. The station, operated by JSC Transneft Verkhnyaya Volga (Russia's state oil pipeline monopoly), pumps diesel directly into the Moscow Ring Oil Product Pipeline and supplies fuel to Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo airports — the three major airports serving the Russian capital. A large fire covering approximately 800 square meters erupted at the facility, with heavy smoke visible by 7 a.m. on May 24. No casualties were reported. The facility had been struck previously in September 2025. Ukraine framed the attack as part of its 'long-range sanctions' campaign aimed at degrading Russia's domestic fuel supply chains and economic war capacity. The strike came on the same night as Russia's massive 600-drone/90-missile assault on Kyiv that used an Oreshnik IRBM — demonstrating simultaneous offensive and defensive asymmetric operations.