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Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack

Regional governor confirmed the incident and that the fire was extinguished, with reports of 65 drones shot down.

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Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack

What this story says

  • A fire occurred at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region after a Ukrainian drone attack.
  • Regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev confirmed the fire was extinguished.
  • Reports indicate that 65 drones were shot down over the Yaroslavl region.
  • The extent of damage to the refinery was not immediately clear.

Who covered it

Left 25%(82)Centre 42%(143)Right 33%(109)

Percentages are shares of the 334 outlets carrying a published leaning rating. 294 of the 628 outlets we know ran this story carry no rating and are not counted in them. Coverage measured .

Trust

42/100

Craft

45/100

Hype

41/100

628 sources · methodology

A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region following a Ukrainian drone attack. Regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev confirmed the incident and stated that the fire had been extinguished. Multiple reports indicate that 65 drones were shot down over the Yaroslavl region.

Disagreement on fire status

While regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev confirmed the fire was extinguished, one report stated that efforts to extinguish the fire were still underway. The extent of the damage to the refinery was not immediately clear across reports.

What the coverage left out

None of the left-rated reports mention the figure of 65 drones being shot down over the Yaroslavl region. None of the centre-rated reports mention the figure of 65 drones being shot down over the Yaroslavl region.

Tags:#UkraineConflict#Russia#DroneAttack#EnergyInfrastructure#Yaroslavl

Coverage settled. We checked this 9 times and stopped on 22 Sept 2026, 17:45. The figures above are what it finished at.

How each side covered it

Our own reading of the reporting listed below, written from the outlets’ articles rather than quoted from them. The reasoning is set out on our methodology page.

Left

82 rated outlets

  • The left-leaning reports led on the impact of drone attacks on Russian oil refineries. Multiple outlets noted that refineries in Syzran and Saratov had stopped processing oil following damage. Some reports stated that two Rosneft refineries had completely halted operations.
  • The Hot News report, which was a full article, identified the Yaroslavl refinery as the target and mentioned the regional governor's statement. This report also included details on the refinery's ownership and processing capacity.
  • Several outlets mentioned that the attacks had reduced the production of diesel fuel in Russia. One report cited the International Energy Agency stating that Russian refineries were hit on average every three days in early 2026.

Centre

143 rated outlets

  • The centre-rated report focused on the drone attack that ignited a fire at the Russian oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region, noting that the fire was extinguished. It stated that regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev confirmed the incident. The report also included a brief mention of ongoing tensions and concerns over the security of critical infrastructure.

Right

109 rated outlets

  • The right-rated reports primarily focused on the drone attack and the damage to the oil refinery in the Yaroslavl region. All five reports mentioned that 65 drones were shot down over the region and that the fire was extinguished. Some reports noted that falling debris shattered windows of apartment buildings and damaged cars. One report stated that firefighting efforts were underway, while others confirmed the fire was extinguished. The YANOS refinery is identified as being owned by Slavneft, jointly controlled by Rosneft and Gazprom Neft.

Questions about this coverage

How did the left and right cover Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack?
Of the 334 outlets on this story carrying a published leaning rating, 25% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 33% are rated right. Those percentages are shares of the rated outlets, not of every outlet that ran it, which was 628. The sections above set out what each side emphasised, in its own terms.
Is Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack left or right?
Neither side dominates it. Of the 334 rated outlets on this story, 25% are rated left, 42% are rated centre, 33% are rated right, and no side holds the 70% this site would want before calling a field one-sided. A story is not left or right in any case; the outlets that carried it are what carry ratings.
Is the coverage of Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack biased?
Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack is one event reported by 628 outlets, and this page does not rate the story as biased or unbiased. What it publishes is the spread: which outlets ran it, where named rating organisations place each of them on the spectrum, and what each side chose to lead with. A leaning rating describes an outlet's record over time, not this article, and the two should not be run together.
Which outlets covered Fire at Russian oil refinery after Ukrainian drone attack?
628 that we know of, every one of them listed further up this page with a link to its own report and to what we hold on the publisher. Nothing here is a summary of somebody else's summary: the outlets are named so the original reporting can be read.
What happened at the oil refinery in Yaroslavl?
A fire broke out at an oil refinery in Russia's Yaroslavl region following a Ukrainian drone attack. The fire was confirmed to have been extinguished by the regional governor.
How many drones were involved in the attack?
Reports indicate that 65 drones were shot down over the Yaroslavl region. The regional governor confirmed that air defence forces repelled a major attack.
What was the extent of the damage?
The extent of the damage to the refinery was not immediately clear across all reports. Some reports mentioned that falling debris shattered windows of apartment buildings and damaged cars.

Read it at the source

678 outlets, grouped by the leaning a published rating gives them. Every headline links to the original; an underlined outlet name opens our profile of that publisher.

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Right

117
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Not rated

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