In Komi, a refinery caught fire due to a drone attack.

Regional and Ukrainian-aligned outlets depict the Komi refinery and Tambov plant strikes as deliberate Ukrainian operations targeting Russia’s fuel and military-industrial base far from the front line. They attribute responsibility to Ukrainian security services and drone forces, arguing the motivation is to degrade Russia’s ability to sustain its invasion by hitting refineries and defense plants and to showcase extended UAV range. They suggest that repeated successful deep strikes could strain Russian logistics, reduce export revenues, and force Moscow to divert resources to air defense and infrastructure protection.

• •Regional sources quote an SBU source describing the Komi refinery strike as a Ukrainian drone operation that set a new range record inside Russia.
• •These outlets identify the Komi target as a Lukoil oil refinery and present the resulting fire as evidence that Ukrainian drones can hit critical energy infrastructure deep in Russian territory.
• •Regional reporting states that Ukrainian drones also hit a military plant in Russia's Tambov Oblast, framing it as part of a broader campaign against Russia’s military-industrial complex.
• •They portray the Komi and Tambov strikes as intended to disrupt Russian fuel supplies and production that support military operations in Ukraine.
• •Regional narratives argue that successful long-range UAV attacks demonstrate Ukraine’s growing strike capabilities and may deter Russia by raising the costs of continuing the war.