Ukrainian drones attack industrial plant 800 miles inside Russia

"Two drones targeted an industrial facility in Sterlitamak, a city in Russia's Bashkortostan region, governor Radiy Habirov said. He did not specify what facility was targeted but he said that both drones were shot down. There were no casualties, and the facility was operating normally, he said. Meanwhile, the city administration reported an explosion at the Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant caused the plant's water treatment facility to partially collapse, adding that the cause of the explosion was not known."

"The plant, which makes rubber and aviation fuel, is not known to have been attacked before. Ukraine's daring strikes deep inside Russia using domestically produced drones have embarrassed Moscow, with officials being unforthcoming about any damage. Ukraine has taken aim at manufacturing plants, oil refineries and military logistics hubs in a bid to disrupt Russia's war effort almost four years after Moscow launched an all-out invasion."

"Explosions were also heard at an industrial area of the Nizhny Novgorod region, some 500 miles from Ukraine, where an oil refinery and a petrochemical plant are located, Russian media reported. Both Bashkortostan and Nizhny Novgorod are among the regions where the Russian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday that Ukrainian drones were shot down, claiming that 85 were intercepted overnight."

Two drones targeted an industrial facility in Sterlitamak, Bashkortostan, and were shot down with no casualties, while the Sterlitamak Petrochemical Plant reported an explosion that partially collapsed its water treatment facility and an unknown cause. The plant produces rubber and aviation fuel and had not been known to have been attacked before. Explosions were also heard in an industrial area of Nizhny Novgorod near an oil refinery and a petrochemical plant. The Russian Defence Ministry said 85 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight across multiple regions. Ukraine continued deep drone strikes on manufacturing, energy and logistics; Russia launched missiles and drones that caused casualties in Dnipropetrovsk.

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