Medienberichten zufolge greifen ukrainische Drohnen ein großes russisches Petrochemiewerk in Baschkortostan an

Ukrainian drones reportedly struck a petrochemical plant in Sterlitamak in Russia’s Bashkortostan Republic on April 15, independent Russian Telegram channel Astra said.

Bashkortostan Governor Radiy Khabirov said on Telegram that around 11 a.m. local time, the region came under a drone attack, with the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) reportedly shot down over an industrial zone.

Khabirov added that debris fell on the grounds of an enterprise but did not specify which one. „All services are working at the site, putting out the resultant fire,“ Khabirov said.  

In a subsequent post on Telegram, Khabirov said at nearly 1 p.m. local time that a driver in the local fire department had been killed in the attack.

Sterlitamak, located roughly 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) east of the nearest Ukrainian-controlled territory, is one of Bashkortostan’s key industrial hubs, in a Russian republic east of the Ural Mountains.