Ukraine Targets Gazprom Refinery in Bashkortostan for Second Time in a Week
Ukraine’s Security Service (SSU) drones have struck a major Gazprom refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan region for the second time in a week.
The Gaze reports this, referring to Ukrinform.
Sources in SSU confirmed that drones from the agency’s “A” Special Operations Center hit the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat facility, located roughly 1,400 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
The refinery is one of Russia’s largest, producing around 150 types of petroleum and petrochemical products, including gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, bitumen and polyethylene.
Several impacts triggered a blaze, with thick black smoke billowing above the site.
Regional authorities in Bashkortostan confirmed both the strike and the ensuing fire at Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat.
“The SSU continues to deliver precise deep strikes against facilities that fund the war against our state,” an informed Ukrainian source said. “The ‘cotton season’ at Russian refineries is in full swing. The gas station country must finally understand that its aggression against Ukraine comes at a very high cost.”
According to business data, the refinery recorded revenues of 303 billion rubles in 2024, with net profits of 4.4 billion rubles (about $52 million).
The attack follows a previous drone strike on the same facility on September 18. Ukraine’s long-range strikes on Russian refineries have already triggered a fuel shortage across 20 Russian regions and parts of occupied Ukrainian territory.
Later, on the night of September 23, units of the missile forces, artillery, and unmanned systems forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck important Russian infrastructure targets.
As The Gaze previously reported, Russia’s seaborne oil exports surged to their highest level in 16 months, as Ukrainian drone attacks continue to disrupt domestic refining