A Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Orenburg gas plant has forced neighbouring Kazakhstan to reduce production at its Karachaganak oil and gas condensate field by 25% to 30%, two industry sources told Reuters on Monday.

Ukrainian drone strikes crippled a major Russian gas-processing plant in Orenburg on October 19, causing massive fires. It's the largest facility of its kind in the world and had to suspend gas intake from Kazakhstan.

The Eni and Shell-led Karachaganak project is unable to send associated gas it produces for processing at Gazprom's Orenburg plant across the border in Russia

The Orenburg gas processing plant, the largest facility of its kind in the world, has been forced to suspend its intake of gas from Kazakhstan after a Ukrainian drone attack,

Ukraine's Armed Forces reported that working with the country’s Navy and land forces, as well as other military units, Storm Shadow missiles struck the Bryansk Chemical Plant on Tuesday. The aftermath of the strike was still being assessed, according to Ukraine's statement, which Newsweek has been unable to independently verify.

Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid is deepening concerns about the safety of the country’s nuclear facilities after a drone knocked out power for more than three hours to the site of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and as Europe’s biggest atomic power plant remains disconnected from the grid,

Ukraine's defence forces attacked the Bryansk chemical plant on 21 October 2025, using, among other things, Storm Shadow missiles. Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Quote: "The Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine,