Key facts
- Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) conducted a drone strike on a natural gas facility in Novy Urengoy, Siberia.
- The facility is located over 3,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, marking Ukraine's deepest strike into Russia.
- The targeted Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Treatment Plant (GCTP) processes crude oil and natural gas.
- The attack also targeted the nearby Purovsky Gas Condensate Processing Plant.
- Ukrainian weapons manufacturer Fire Point confirmed its FP-1 drone model was used in the strike.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) have conducted their deepest strike into Russia to date, targeting a natural gas facility in Novy Urengoy, located in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, over 3,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The attack, which occurred on September 9, 2026, hit the Novy Urengoy Gas Condensate Treatment Plant (GCTP), a facility that processes 19.5 million tons of crude oil and natural gas annually and produces diesel fuel for the Russian military. The nearby Purovsky Gas Condensate Processing Plant was also targeted.
Ukrainian weapons manufacturer Fire Point confirmed that its FP-1 drone model was used in the operation. Eyewitness footage showed fires and smoke billowing from the plant, with residents capturing images of excess gas being released through flare stacks to prevent explosions. Dmitry Artyukhov, the governor of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, confirmed the attack.
This strike signifies Ukraine's increasing capability to extend the range of its unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in its campaign against Russia's energy infrastructure. Previously, Ukrainian forces had struck an oil refinery in Omsk, nearly 2,500 kilometers away, and oil refineries in Perm Oblast, over 1,500 kilometers away. President Volodymyr Zelensky highlighted Ukraine's success with long-range UAVs, warning airlines, insurers, and foreign governments that Russian airspace would become "de facto closed" due to these strikes.
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