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Another oil facility inside Russia reportedly caught fire on Wednesday in what Ukraine’s president claimed was the latest incident in his country. long range drone<\/a> attack.<\/p>\n The facility is in Russia’s Perm region, located in the Ural Mountains, more than 1,500 kilometers (900 mi) from Ukraine. Ukraine’s security service, known as the SBU, said it had attacked a Russian oil pumping station near the city of Perm as part of efforts to target Russia’s energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n Russian media also reported the attack, although Perm Governor Dmitry Makhonin said only that a drone attacked an unspecified industrial facility, causing a fire.<\/p>\n Russian officials have not been forthcoming about Ukrainian claims that Kiev is conducting more long-range strikes and that its domestically developed drones are becoming increasingly accurate.<\/p>\n advanced drone technology<\/a> This became a decisive feature of the battle as Russia’s larger forces pressed on invasion of more than four years<\/a> His neighbor’s. Ukraine’s response has included a campaign to develop new drones for attack and defense.<\/p>\n Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video on the Telegram messaging app on Wednesday showing a large plume of black smoke rising into the sky over a rural area near a built-up area. Without specifying whether it was the alleged Perm attack or what was hit, Zelensky said Ukraine was expanding the range of its long-range strikes, calling it a new phase in efforts to limit Russia’s ability to wage war. depriving it of vital oil revenues<\/a>.<\/p>\n It was not possible to independently verify the video.<\/p>\n The SBU claimed that most of the oil storage tanks at the facility, which it said is owned by Russia’s pipeline operator Transneft and is a key hub in the country’s oil transportation system, were burned. The claims could not be independently verified.<\/p>\n Zelensky thanked the SBU for the accuracy of his attacks.<\/p>\n “The straight line distance is more than 1,500 kilometers. We will continue to expand these limits,” he said.<\/p>\n This attack happened a day after the attack on Ukraine Tuapse Oil Refinery<\/a> and the terminal on the Black Sea for the third time in less than two weeks, prompting the evacuation of locals and threatening what Russian President Vladimir Putin said could have “serious environmental consequences.” Local officials said the fire in Tuapse had been brought under control by Wednesday.<\/p>\n