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Ukraine Strikes Ufa Refinery as Russia Pounds Power Grid Overnight

A Financial Times report says U.S. intelligence has been aiding Kyiv’s targeting of Russian energy sites.

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Steam rises from the chimneys of a thermal power plant and an oil refinery in Omsk, Russia, in October 2024.
Birds fly near residential buildings during a power blackout after critical civil infrastructure was hit by a Russian military attacks in Ukraine's Chernihiv region earlier this month.
Signs read "No petrol" at a gas station in Yevpatoriya, Crimea on October 2, 2025.

Overview

  • Long-range SBU drones targeted the Bashneft-UNPZ refinery in Ufa, with reported explosions and a fire, while Russia claimed it downed several drones and did not confirm damage.
  • Ukraine’s Air Force said defenses shot down or jammed 103 of 118 attack drones launched overnight, yet strikes still hit energy facilities in the Kyiv, Donetsk, Odesa, and Chernihiv regions.
  • Kyiv officials reported injuries to DTEK energy workers near a substation and widespread outages, with utilities restoring power to hundreds of thousands of customers in Odesa after earlier attacks.
  • President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that over the past week Russia launched more than 3,100 drones, 92 missiles, and about 1,360 guided aerial bombs against Ukraine.
  • Ukraine says Russian oil processing has fallen by 21% as deep strikes expand to at least 16 of 38 refineries since August, and Kyiv is negotiating roughly 30% more gas imports for winter; the FT says U.S. assistance includes targeting data and flight-planning support, which has not been officially confirmed.