Overview
- The Gazprom Neftkhim Salavat refinery in Bashkortostan was struck by drones on 24 September for the second time in a week, triggering a fire that officials said was contained with no reported casualties.
- Ukraine’s General Staff said the ELOU‑AVT‑6 primary oil‑processing unit was targeted to reduce Russia’s offensive capacity and disrupt fuel supplies.
- In Krasnodar Krai’s Belorechensky district, regional authorities reported drone fragments fell on an enterprise, leading about 140 employees to shelter without injuries.
- Regional officials reported further cross‑border casualties and damage, including Grad rockets hitting Bryansk’s Belaya Berezka and wounding civilians, among them a child, and a drone strike in Novopetrikovka in the DPR that injured one person and damaged an ambulatory.
- Russia’s security services announced internal actions, with the FSB detaining a 39‑year‑old IT worker in Mordovia on treason charges and a Moscow court registering a motion to arrest blogger Maxim Katz in absentia.