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<p>Authorities in Russia's&nbsp;Bashkortostan said on Thursday (May 9) that a drone attacked an oil refinery in Bashkortostan, the first such reported case&nbsp;in the region since the Ukraine war began in late February 2022.</p>

<p>According to a report by The Moscow Times,&nbsp;Bashkortostan's head&nbsp;Radiy&nbsp;Khabirov&nbsp;said&nbsp;that the drone attacked the industrial zone of&nbsp;Salavat city at 1 pm local time, following which there was smoke at one of the installations of&nbsp;Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (the oil refinery).</p>

<p>Khabirov said that&nbsp;Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat was operating as&nbsp;normal&nbsp;despite the attack,&nbsp;adding&nbsp;that&nbsp;emergency services and law enforcement agencies were at the scene. Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat is Russia's 10th largest oil refinery&nbsp;with&nbsp;a capacity of 10 million metric tonnes of oil per year.&nbsp;</p>

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<p>It&nbsp;is not yet known&nbsp;where&nbsp;the drone came from, the report said.</p>

<h2><strong>Was Ukraine behind the attack?</strong></h2>

<p>However, an official from Ukraine’s special services&nbsp;told The New York Times on Thursday that Kyiv was behind the attack. The official, who chose to remain anonymous, added that Ukraine was also behind&nbsp;two other drone strikes overnight that hit oil depots in Russia’s Krasnodar region.&nbsp;</p>

<p>Bashkortostan&nbsp;is located&nbsp;around&nbsp;1,500 kilometres from the border with Ukraine.</p>

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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">/4. The distance of 1300km from the frontline makes an attack on Salavat oil refinery the farthest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian targets. The previous record holder was an attack on Nizhnekamsk oil refinery and Shahed factory, 1100-1150km <a href="https://t.co/eCmTvh8pa8">https://t.co/eCmTvh8pa8</a></p>
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<p>Thursday's attack came as drone&nbsp;attacks on energy facilities inside Russia's territory have become more frequent in the past few months. Ukraine has said that while its attacks do not target civilians, destroying Russia's military, transport and energy infrastructure undermines Moscow's overall war efforts.</p>

<p><strong>Also watch |&nbsp;EU proposes first sanctions on Russian LNG amid Ukraine war</strong></p>

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<p>Meanwhile, on Friday, a&nbsp;Ukraine&nbsp;drone&nbsp;attack set an oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region on fire, RIA state news agency reported on Friday&nbsp;citing&nbsp;emergency services. As per the report,&nbsp;three containers with diesel fuel and one with fuel oil&nbsp;were consumed&nbsp;by the fire at the Pervyi Zavod refinery.</p>

<p>Kaluga's Governor&nbsp;Vladislav Shapsha said&nbsp;that&nbsp;there were no casualties in the attack,&nbsp;adding,&nbsp;the fire was promptly extinguished.&nbsp;</p>

<p><em>(With inputs from agencies)</em></p>


Authorities in Russia's Bashkortostan said on Thursday (May 9) that a drone attacked an oil refinery in Bashkortostan, the first such reported case in the region since the Ukraine war began in late February 2022.

Authorities in Russia's Bashkortostan said on Thursday (May 9) that a drone attacked an oil refinery in Bashkortostan, the first such reported case in the region since the Ukraine war began in late February 2022. According to a report by The Moscow Times, Bashkortostan's head Radiy Khabirov said that the drone attacked the industrial zone of Salavat city at 1 pm local time, following which there was smoke at one of the installations of Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat (the oil refinery). Khabirov said that Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat was operating as normal despite the attack, adding that emergency services and law enforcement agencies were at the scene. Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat is Russia's 10th largest oil refinery with a capacity of 10 million metric tonnes of oil per year. Also watch | Ukraine war: Zelensky sacks security chief after failed assassination plot It is not yet known where the drone came from, the report said. Was Ukraine behind the attack? However, an official from Ukraine’s special services told The New York Times on Thursday that Kyiv was behind the attack. The official, who chose to remain anonymous, added that Ukraine was also behind two other drone strikes overnight that hit oil depots in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Bashkortostan is located around 1,500 kilometres from the border with Ukraine. /4. The distance of 1300km from the frontline makes an attack on Salavat oil refinery the farthest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian targets. The previous record holder was an attack on Nizhnekamsk oil refinery and Shahed factory, 1100-1150km https://t.co/eCmTvh8pa8 — Special Kherson Cat 🐈🇺🇦 (@bayraktar_1love) May 9, 2024 × Thursday's attack came as drone attacks on energy facilities inside Russia's territory have become more frequent in the past few months. Ukraine has said that while its attacks do not target civilians, destroying Russia's military, transport and energy infrastructure undermines Moscow's overall war efforts. Also watch | EU proposes first sanctions on Russian LNG amid Ukraine war × Meanwhile, on Friday, a Ukraine drone attack set an oil refinery in Russia's Kaluga region on fire, RIA state news agency reported on Friday citing emergency services. As per the report, three containers with diesel fuel and one with fuel oil were consumed by the fire at the Pervyi Zavod refinery. Kaluga's Governor Vladislav Shapsha said that there were no casualties in the attack, adding, the fire was promptly extinguished. (With inputs from agencies)

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