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The Sun pairs refinery fire footage with Ukrainian forest raid

Its battlefield compilation adds footage of captured reconnaissance troops and automated weapons to reporting on attacks inside Russia.

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The Sun Story of October 31, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? One of The Sun's most watched videos since yesterday, with 134,877 views.

Ukrainian renews energy attacks with hit Russia’s Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery

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0:00Smoke rises over roads and buildings; The Sun identifies a Ukrainian strike on the Novokuybyshevsk refinery.
1:31The report places nighttime fire footage at Russia's Konservsushprod plant in Bryansk.
3:25A forest raid unfolds; The Sun says Ukrainian special forces captured two Russian reconnaissance troops.
5:01The compilation presents automated turrets associated with Ukraine's Brave1 defence-technology platform.
6:40The Sun reports an F-16 drone interception, followed by Ukrainian strikes on communications infrastructure.

Black smoke rises beyond a busy road, then spreads across views of nearby buildings. The Sun identifies the opening footage as the aftermath of a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Novokuybyshevsk oil refinery, in the Samara region.

The compilation has drawn about 135,000 views since yesterday. While the refinery attack overlaps with the wider strikes campaign we reported here, this video also includes a ground operation and footage of weapons targeting drones and communications equipment.

In the forest sequence, soldiers approach a position and order men to come out with their hands raised. The Sun identifies the attackers as Ukraine's 6th Special Operations Forces Regiment and says they captured two Russian reconnaissance troops. The footage follows the operation through shouted commands and the search for a radio.

Other sections show nighttime fires that the report places at the Konservsushprod plant in Bryansk, alongside Ukrainian air-defence teams firing shoulder-launched missiles.

Later, The Sun presents footage of automated turrets associated with Brave1, Ukraine's government platform for developing defence technology. The closing sequence shifts to aerial interceptions and attacks on communications infrastructure, which the report attributes to Ukraine's Ghosts unit.

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