Overview

• Bashkortostan leader Radiy Khabirov said one aircraft-type drone hit the refinery and another was shot down, with no casualties and only minor damage reported.
• Officials said a fire broke out at the production site and was being extinguished.
• A source in Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence agency claimed responsibility for the operation.
• Videos shared on social media appeared to show a drone approaching the facility before an explosion sent smoke into the sky.
• The Bashneft-owned complex sits on Ufa’s outskirts about 870 miles from the frontline and was described by the Kremlin in 2016 as one of Russia’s largest refineries.