Drones attack industrial facility near Surgut, almost 3,000 km from Ukraine: fire breaks out. VIDEO&PHOTOS
Ukrainian drones attacked an industrial enterprise in the Surgut district of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug on October 16.
Censor.NET reports this, citing Radio Liberty.
Regional Governor Ruslan Kukharuk reported the attack on social media.
What is known about the drone attack near Surgut
According to him, "a fire broke out as a result of a drone attack on an industrial facility in the Surgut district", and "experts are assessing the scale and nature of the damage caused". No casualties have been reported, and the governor did not specify which facility was involved.
The Ukrainian monitoring channel Supernova+ claims the facility is the Surgut Condensate Stabilisation Plant named after Chernomyrdin (Surgut ZSK).
It is Russia's largest plant for processing a mixture of oil and gas condensate. It belongs to Gazprom Pererabotka.
The channel published footage of a fire at an industrial facility, claiming it shows the Surgut Condensate Stabilisation Plant. There is currently no confirmation that this particular enterprise was hit.
Background
Surgut is located approximately 3,000 kilometres from Ukraine, in Western Siberia. The Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug is a major centre of oil and gas production. The region has already come under drone attack this year.
