On the night of August 29th, Ukrainian forces struck a linear production station near Naytopovichi in Russia's Bryansk region, a facility that pumps diesel fuel through main oil pipelines. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that missile troops, artillery, unmanned systems, special operations forces, and the Security Service of Ukraine were involved in the complex fire attack, which resulted in a fire. The station has a pumping capacity of approximately 10.5 million tons per year. Simultaneously, Ukraine damaged a Russian Buyan M-class corvette in the Sea of Azov using attack drones, striking its main mast and bridge, according to NavForTracker. This damage may have rendered the ship inoperable for its missions. The Buyan M-class corvettes are capable of carrying eight Kalibr cruise missiles. In another incident, the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara suspended operations after a drone attack on August 28th, which sources told Astra caused at least seven fires and injured one employee. The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that 21 drones were shot down over the region during this period. Reuters reported that Russia's Ust-Luga oil export terminal will operate at roughly half capacity in September, approximately 350,000 barrels per day, due to damage to key pipeline infrastructure from Ukrainian drone strikes. This disruption is causing oil flows to be diverted to Primorsk and Novorossiisk. German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius expressed satisfaction with the progress of cooperation with Kyiv on the production of long-range weapons in Ukraine, financed by Germany. Separately, the Ukrainian hotel "Ukraina" in Sloviansk, Donetsk oblast, sustained damage from Russian army strikes within the past 24 hours. Ukraine's anti-corruption agency is investigating Fire Point, a prominent Ukrainian deep-strike drone company, for alleged misleading of the government regarding pricing and deliveries. The Economist detailed Ukraine's new "Flamingo" cruise missile, developed in nine months and now in serial production, with 90% domestic components and an expected production rate of seven missiles per day by October, costing under €1 million each.
