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Russia’s Afipsky Oil Refinery on Fire After Drone Attack, Two Dead, Governor Says

Two people were killed and two injured when falling drone debris hit the Afipsky railway station, officials said, as a refinery fire burned nearby.

  • On Wednesday, Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery and a residential building in Ufa, Bashkortostan, injuring one person, while Bashkortostan Governor Radiy Khabirov stated that air defense forces intercepted four of the six incoming drones.
  • Ukraine has intensified drone strikes on energy infrastructure this year to reduce Russian fuel supplies, causing several large processing sites to go offline and contributing to gasoline and diesel shortages across Russia for over three months.
  • One drone hit a unit undergoing maintenance at an oil refinery, causing "a small fire at one of the oil refineries," according to Khabirov, while another struck a residential building in the Zaton neighborhood, shattering windows and damaging cars.
  • Russia's Defense Ministry reported intercepting 453 Ukrainian drones across the country and annexed Crimea between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, as separate Russian strikes on the Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions reportedly killed six people during the same period.
  • Located over 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, Bashkortostan serves as a major hub for the Russian oil processing industry, and officials expect to complete repairs on the damaged industrial site within a few days.
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An attack by Ukrainian drones on the Afipski refinery and its railway station in the Russian Kuban caused chaos on the night of August 24-25, 2026. Kyiv also claims a strike on the gas complex of Astrakhan,...

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Ukrainian channels Exilenova+ and Supernova+ pointed out that this is the Afípskaya refinery, which had previously been attacked by Ukrainian drones

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tvrain.tv broke the news in Russian Federation (the) on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.
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