Drone Attack Causes Fire, Disrupts Novo-Ufa Refinery, Bashkortostan, Russia

The Novo-Ufa oil refinery in Bashkortostan, Russia, located nearly 1,400 kilometers from Ukraine, was attacked by Ukrainian strike drones, resulting in a fire and damage to the facility. Radiy Khabirov, the Kremlin-controlled head of Bashkortostan, confirmed that two drones were shot down over the refinery, with one crashing on site and causing a fire that is being extinguished; no casualties were reported. The strike damaged a technological trestle and disrupted crude oil transport within the refinery, forcing a partial shutdown to contain the damage. This attack is among the deepest drone strikes inside Russian territory since the full-scale war began and follows recent Ukrainian drone strikes on other Russian oil facilities, including the Ilya refinery in Krasnodar and the largest oil terminal on the Baltic Sea. Videos circulating on social media show the fire and drone flight over Ufa, while local authorities imposed temporary flight restrictions at Ufa Airport shortly after the attack. The incident has contributed to a larger fuel crisis affecting multiple Russian regions due to ongoing Ukrainian drone assaults on Russian oil infrastructure.