A drone struck an industrial site in the Surgut area of western Siberia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, causing a fire, governor Ruslan Kukharuk said. Emergency crews are on site and experts are assessing the scale and nature of the damage; the targeted facility was not identified. Surgut, more than 2,130 km northeast of Moscow, hosts multiple oil and gas installations; it is unclear whether production or refining has been affected. The attack occurred after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy order

2026-10-16

A drone struck an industrial site in the Surgut area of western Siberia in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, causing a fire, governor Ruslan Kukharuk said. Emergency crews are on site and experts are assessing the scale and nature of the damage; the targeted facility was not identified. Surgut, more than 2,130 km northeast of Moscow, hosts multiple oil and gas installations; it is unclear whether production or refining has been affected. The attack occurred after Ukrainian President Zelenskiy ordered a resumption of strikes on Russian refineries and ended a three-day pause in attacks; US President Trump has recently limited intelligence support to Ukraine.