Volgograd lit up the night sky overnight into November 13 as a massive drone attack set fires across the city's southern industrial zone, home to Lukoil's refinery, one of Russia's largest with a capacity of about 15 million metric tons a year. Regional governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed the attack and the fires, and said four workers were killed at an enterprise in the zone, though he did not name the facility. Eyewitness video shows huge flames over the site, and open-source analysts say the footage shows the refinery burning. Ukraine's General Staff had not claimed the Volgograd strike at the time of reporting, and Lukoil had not commented. This refinery is no stranger to attacks, since it completely halted crude processing after a Ukrainian drone strike on October 2.

The same night, Ukraine's General Staff said Neptune missiles struck three drone-related sites in Rostov-on-Don. They were a production facility for tactical attack drones run by Ionos LLC, its storage site, and a service center where the Russian army repairs and maintains drones. Rostov's governor said more than 120 drones were shot down over the city and ten districts, while Russia's defense ministry claimed 1,198 drones were downed across the country overnight. Back in Volgograd, residents were filmed lining up at gas stations amid fuel sales restrictions linked to Ukrainian strikes on energy sites. The attacks came a day after trilateral peace talks in Abu Dhabi, and they fit Ukraine's wider campaign to cut Moscow's energy revenues and the infrastructure that supports its military.