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Ukrainian drones attacked the Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa
Ukrainian drones on the morning of Saturday, October 11, struck the Bashneft oil refinery in Ufa, the capital of the Russian republic of Bashkortostan. This was reported by sources of the Ukrainian BBC Service in the Security Service of Ukraine. Other Ukrainian media also write about the strike, in particular RBC-Ukraine and Suspilne . A crude oil processing plant at the Bashneft refinery was attacked, sources confirm to Bloomberg.
According to a BBC source, after the explosions that occurred on the territory of the enterprise, fire equipment began to arrive there, and “a column of black smoke rose above the refinery itself.”
Russian authorities did not report the Ukrainian drone strike on the oil refinery in Ufa and did not comment on the SBU’s allegations. On Saturday night, the Federal Air Transport Agency closed the airport in this city for some time to “ensure flight safety.” On Saturday morning, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that air defense forces had “intercepted and destroyed” five Ukrainian drones over Bashkortostan.
This is the third strike by SBU drones on objects in Bashkortostan in the last month, in particular, the strike on the same Bashneft plant in Ufa was carried out on September 13, reports Current Time.
On October 11, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, stated that in September, 70 fuel and military sector facilities were hit by Ukrainian army strikes on Russian territory. According to him, oil refining in Russia was reduced by 21%. Earlier, RBC reported that a record number of oil refining units are idle in Russia, citing independent analysts. In most, but not all, cases, downtime is due to drone attacks.
The Rosneft complex in Ufa, with a total refining capacity of 23.5 million tons of oil per year, is located approximately 1,750 kilometers from Kyiv.
While Ukraine is targeting Russian oil refineries, Russia is attacking Ukrainian energy facilities and gas infrastructure, including in Kyiv, Odessa, Dnieper and the Poltava region.