Drone attacks on oil refinery in Bashkortostan, 1,000km from Ukraine – video

Drones attacked the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Russia on the territory of Bashkortostan, resulting in a fire.

Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; Russian socio-political newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe; Baza Telegram channel

Details: The drone attack was reported by Radiy Khabirov, the head of Bashkortostan. It happened around 11:00 (Moscow time) on Thursday. Khabirov reports that „there was smoke in the area of one of the company’s [catalytic cracking – ed.] units“.

Bashkortostan is located at a distance of more than 1,000 km from Ukraine.

At the same time, Russian media began publishing videos of smoke from the fire.

Наслідки атаки дронів на НПЗ в Башкирії pic.twitter.com/qL7IOKmC5G

— Українська правда ✌ (@ukrpravda_news) May 9, 2024

The Baza Telegram channel reported that the drone hit a catalytic cracking unit, causing a small fire.

Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat carries out a full cycle of processing of hydrocarbons and produces gasoline, diesel fuel, kerosene, other petroleum products, liquefied gases, butyl alcohols, plasticisers, polyethene, polystyrene, ammonia and urea.

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