Russian missile attack on Ukrainian training ground; Ukraine hits oil refinery in Bashkortostan: September 24 latest

Ukraine attacks Russia’s drone production and oil facilities

For the second time in a week, Ukraine launched a drone attack on Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat oil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan. This is one of the largest oil refining and petrochemical plants in the Russian Federation.

Ukrainian Defense Forces also struck Kuzmychi-1 and Zenzevatka oil pumping stations in the Volgograd region, the UAV production facility in the Belgorod region, and the Astrakhan gas processing plant.

Russian attack on Ukrainian training ground

Russia attacked the Ukrainian Ground Forces training ground on September 24 with Iskander ballistic missiles.

Due to the precise hit on the shelter, despite the safety measures taken, it was not possible to avoid losses among personnel, Ukrainian Ground Forces said.

New details of the death of journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna 

Journalist Viktoriya Roshchina was transferred from Taganrog to a detention center in the city of Kizel, in the Perm region of the Russian Federation, shortly before her death, says Ukrainian investigative media outlet Slidstvo.Info.

On August 3, 2023, it was reported that Viktoriya Roshchina was reported missing in the temporarily occupied territories. It was not until May 2024 that Russia first confirmed that she was being held in captivity. Viktoriia's death was announced on October 10, 2024.

Russian forces kill family and abduct their daughter

Russian assault troops abducted an underage girl after killing her parents near the village of Shandryholove in the Donetsk region, the Ukrainian 3rd Army Corps reported.

The military unit says that Russia is using children as a human shield to cover its units and continue advancing in the Lyman direction.

Intercepted Russian radio chatter also revealed that before the assault on the village began, Russian commander with the call sign "Bali" ordered to destroy the civilian population.

Other important news

• Former deputy commander of the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade Ivan Shalamaga (call sign "Magura") was appointed as the new commander of the 31st Mechanized Brigade named after Cornet General Leonid Stupnytskyi.
• Ukrainian media outlets fear that new bill No.14057 could enable censorship, jeopardize journalistic investigations, and lead to abuse of process by officials or corporations.
• The EU could significantly improve its drone detection capabilities within a year, but it will take much longer to develop a fully functioning "drone wall" across land and sea to track and destroy targets.
• Europe will end its dependency on Russian fossil fuels by 2027, and Bulgaria will terminate the Russian gas transit agreement next year.