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On 24 September, Ukrainian drones attacked the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in the Republic of Bashkortostan, 1,400 kilometres from the front line. The attack caused a fire, resulting in the temporary suspension of operations at the facility. The governor of the region, Radiy Habirov, confirmed the fact of attack. This was not the first time that the plant had been targeted; it had previously been attacked on 15 and 18 September.
The consequences of the attack on the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery on 24 September 2025
The Zanzivatka and Kuzmichi-1 oil pumping stations in the Volgograd region were also attacked on 24 September. Since August, Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory have damaged 16 oil refineries, including Volgograd, Syzran, Ryazan, Novokuybyshevsk, Saratov, Afipsky, Nizhny Novgorod, Salavat, Novo-Ufimsky, Kirishi and Kuybyshe. Thus around 20 per cent of the industry – approximately 53 million tons (266.5 million tons for 2024), became target of the attacks.
Statistics on UAV strikes demonstrate Kiev’s intention to cause maximum damage to the Russian oil and gas industry, which coincides with recent comments made by US President Donald Trump. On 23 September, during a press conference following a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, Trump praised Kiev. He then posted on his Truth social media account that, with European support, the Ukrainian army is quite capable of driving Russian troops out of its territory and restoring the country’s so-called “territorial integrity”, given Moscow’s serious economic problems.
Statistics on strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces against Russian oil refining infrastructure in 2025. An “energy truce” was observed by the parties in April–May.
Despite having an effective air defence system capable of destroying most of the UAVs launched from Ukraine, the vast size of the country makes it impossible to block all approaches to important targets by deploying anti-aircraft and electronic warfare systems. Ukrainian industry has taken advantage of this weakness by organising large-scale production of inexpensive drones, whose mass attacks overload the Russian air defence system.
Ukraine’s actions are motivated by a desire to create an energy shortage in Russia and stir up internal unrest. Kiev is counting on this to turn the tide on the battlefield, where the Russian army has been pushing Ukrainian troops back on several fronts for a long time as it continues its offensive. A lack of personnel has led to a series of operational crises within the Ukrainian Armed Forces, forcing the country’s military and political leadership to adopt a different approach, with some success.
Meanwhile, despite frequent attacks on Russian oil refineries, Ukrainian drones have been unable to inflict significant damage. At best, hits on fuel storage facilities and other targets result in them being taken out of service for several days due to the need for repairs. Russia’s developed and extensive energy system is capable of withstanding powerful attacks; redundant networks designed during the Soviet era ensure the uninterrupted operation of the national fuel and energy complex. Consequently, Russia is struggling to disable the Ukrainian energy system – the legacy of the USSR is working in both countries’ favour in this case.
Another of Kyiv’s goals is to demonstrate to the United States and Europe its ability to strike Russian territory and undermine its economic potential. According to the Ukrainian leadership, such actions would make the enemy appear vulnerable, potentially leading Western leaders to change their opinion and increase the supply of modern weapons to Ukraine. This could ultimately result in the war ending on Kyiv’s terms.
It should be noted that Moscow reacted harshly to the US President’s comments regarding economic issues. Dmitry Peskov, the Russian president’s press secretary, said that any talk of the country’s economic collapse is political and does not reflect reality.
At the same time, despite the official rhetoric of the parties involved, Western news agencies (notably Reuters and the Wall Street Journal) reported on 23 September that Rosneft and ExxonMobil had recently concluded a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in the Russian oil market once the conflict had ended. This clearly demonstrates that military action and diplomacy can go hand to hand in this a military conflict.
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putin and russia are humiliated again!!!
the humiliated ones are those that need to impersonate others.
when you need to disrupt, censor or murder people that say things you don’t like, it means you have already lost the argument.
it must be hard to be a russian loser who has to wait for hours for gasoline. it reminds me of the soviet era, when you couldn’t get anything in the shops.
imagine being that stupid at the same time that 25% people in the us already used ‘buy now pay later’ services to pay for groceries and 50% thought of it.
and trump is your commander in chief.
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no lines russia–dumb americunt pays 5 times more for gaz than russian
measured in terms of purchasing power parity (ppp), russians currently pay around $5 per liter of gasoline.
thats because refineries are not protected, just rotary guns like khastan or phalanx destroy all incoming drones.
dt and the u.$.$. titanic is ready to meet with destiny in the shape of an rs-28 and rsm-56 “iceberg”… the lights, doors and windows are on and open and no one is at home!… this was preordained before the child rapist blackmailed by mossad and the cia came in for the second swearing in 8 months ago!… and the entire u.$. congress is “on-board”… russia do your stuff to send sodom and gommorah into pillars of salt!!!
well it seems like trump’s means business about allowing and helping ukraine to get back everything russia so hardly worked for the last 3+ years.
it will be trump’s biggest mistake.
you should give trump more credit. remember when trump said something like “look erdogan & turkey managed to do something no one could do talking about assad’s ouster from syria.” of course he was being sarcastic. syria belongs to the us & israel & it was done by design. qaeda-hts & jolani-al-sharaa are their puppets. the turks supporting idlib & qaeda-hts were useful idiots. let your guard down & keep playing nice at your own peril
what the hell else he can do? i’ve read all that fantastic prognosis he said on truth social.
it’s time for russia to call nato’s bluff and hit ukraine hard.
putin said he does not want to take over ukraine then zelenski and usa/nato imprison him in russia with bucha lies and warrant of arest.putin told macron he doesn’t not want to kill zelenski then zelenski continue killing russians.
putin promise right in the beginning were to take over ukraine in 48 hours and denazify but then he filed.because putin went in with agenda of lay down arms and surrender then ambushed with drones nd man-pads.
in amerika we pay taliban therapist for sodomy
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