WorldUkrainian drones strike oil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan

Ukrainian monitoring channels reported that drones struck Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat in Salavat, Bashkortostan, overnight on October 8. Eyewitness footage reviewed by Astra suggested a fire may have broken out at the complex; authorities have not reported the aftermath. Drone debris also damaged a building and sparked a fire at an unspecified facility in Krasnodar, with no injuries. Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed 399 Ukrainian drones since the evening of October 7.

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