Overview

• Regional head Radij Khabirov confirmed the refinery was hit again and said firefighters were working as officials assessed damage.
• An anonymous source in Ukraine’s Security Service told Radio Svoboda and Ukrinform that SBU drones carried out the latest strike.
• Videos and photos shared by local channels showed large fires and a thick column of black smoke over the complex.
• Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat, part of Gazprom, is among Russia’s largest refining and petrochemical facilities and produces about 150 product types.
• The strike follows a reported attack on the same site on September 18 and fits a wider pattern of Ukrainian drone operations against Russian refineries that the General Staff has framed as degrading Russia’s combat potential.