On October 16, in the afternoon, the Armed Forces of Ukraine attacked Russia's Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug - Yugra with drones. As a result of the attack, a strong fire broke out at the industrial facility in Surgut district.
Modern.az reports with reference to foreign media that the governor of the region Ruslan Kukharuk released information about this.
According to local residents, during the attack, the condensate stabilization plant belonging to "Gazprom pererabotka" company was hit.
Surgut plant is the largest plant for processing oil-gas-condensate mixture in Russia. The design capacity of the enterprise is 12 million tons per year. The plant produces automobile gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation kerosene, liquefied hydrocarbon gases and stable gas condensate.
The distance from the Ukrainian border to Surgut is 2,500 kilometers. It is noted that Ukrainian UAVs hit fuel and energy complex facilities in Khanty-Mansiysk for the first time.