Fire Breaks Out at Rosneft-Owned Refinery After Ukrainian Drone Strike
Ukraine hit a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region overnight in a drone attack that sparked a fire, as Kyiv continues to pound Russian energy infrastructure to reduce Russian fuel supply. One of the refineries in Ufa, in the Bashkortostan republic, caught fire as a result of the attack, the region’s governor Radiy Khabirov said on Wednesday. Ufa and the area around it host three refineries,…
A Ukrainian drone strike targeted a refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region overnight, igniting a fire, according to the region’s governor Radiy Khabirov. The incident occurred in Ufa, a city within Bashkortostan that hosts three refineries, all owned and operated by Bashneft, a subsidiary of Russia’s largest oil company, Rosneft.
Khabirov informed that “a small fire at one of the oil refineries” was caused by the Ukrainian attack, and repairs are expected within a few days. The ongoing strikes on Russian energy infrastructure are Kyiv's strategy to compel Russia into peace negotiations and diminish Russia's fuel supply to the frontlines and domestic gas stations.
In a previous Ukrainian drone strike, Ust-Luga, the major Russian port for exporting oil and other commodities from the Baltic Sea, was hit last week, following an earlier attack in early July. This surge in drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure has led to a significant drop in Russia's diesel and gasoil exports, plummeting to just 80,000 barrels per day, the lowest in years, during peak demand season in August.
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