Two Ukrainian drones attacked the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil processing and petrochemical complex, one of Russia’s largest, in Russia’s Bashkortostan region, Radiy Khabirov, the regional head, said on his Telegram channel on Thursday.
Ukraine has intensified its drone attacks on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure since early August as it has become increasingly frustrated with the direction of peace talks which the Kremlin says have now been effectively paused.
“We are assessing the extent of the damage. We’re currently putting out the fire. All the (emergency) services are on site,” Khabirov, the regional head, said.
He said there had been no casualties and that the complex’s own security forces had opened fire on the drones.
The same complex was also attacked by Ukraine in May 2024.
Ukrainian drones last week also attacked an oil refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan’s regional capital, which lies approximately 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
(Reuters)