Ukrainian long-range drones struck oil refineries in the Russian city of Ufa on 25 June, hitting two of the three plants in one of Russia's largest petrochemical hubs, the Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported. The drones flew more than 1,300 kilometers from Ukraine to reach Bashkortostan, deep in Russia's rear. Russia's regional head claimed air defenses downed the drones and that only debris fell.
Drones over the city, smoke by afternoon
Local residents filmed the moments of the strikes and the drones passing overhead, footage Exilenova+ published. The video showed aircraft resembling Ukraine's long-range Liutyi drone, Militarnyi noted. Two of the three refineries clustered in Ufa were hit, by available accounts.
Ufa's three Bashneft plants—Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim, Bashneft-Novoil, and Bashneft-UNPZ—sit almost wall to wall in the city's northern industrial zone, all controlled by the Russian oil company Rosneft.
Russia's "debris" account
The OSINT analysis by the Russian Telegram channel Astra confirmed that two refineries took damage—Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim and, it said, probably Bashneft-UNPZ. Bashkortostan's head, Radiy Khabirov, confirmed an attack but claimed it was "repelled," with drone debris falling in the industrial zone, no one hurt, and the plants running normally.
Astra noted that mobile-internet limits were imposed in the region during the drone alert. The "debris" explanation is Russia's standard line after successful strikes on its energy sites, attributing fires to falling wreckage rather than direct hits.
A depot supplying two Russian regions with fuel is burning after an overnight drone strike
In mid-June, Khabirov had said the region was forming nearly a hundred mobile fire-groups to defend it.
