Ukrainian drones strike oil depot and chemical plant in Sochi and Bashkortostan

rbc.ua (Ukrainian)

Ukrainian drones struck Russian oil and chemical facilities overnight, causing fires in Sochi and Bashkortostan, with one target located over 1,000 kilometers from Ukraine's border. The attacks mark a new region being hit. In Sochi, a fire broke out at the Rosneft-Kubannefteprodukt oil depot in the Adler district, confirmed by the city mayor, with no casualties reported. Another blaze occurred in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, at a petrochemical plant producing ionol, an aviation fuel additive. The strikes follow a pattern of Ukrainian long-range drone attacks on Russian infrastructure, including an August 30 hit on the Kirishi oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast.


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