Drones Target Oil Refinery in Krasnodar Region – Video Footage 1459338
This was reported by War Ukraine-Russia News Hub with reference to Russian media.
A series of explosions occurred at the oil refinery tonight, March 17, after which a fire started. According to Russian media, it produces aviation kerosene, gasoline, vacuum gas oil and fuel oil. According to the coordination headquarters of the Krasnodar region of the Russian Federation, as a result of the drone attack on the oil refinery, “minor” damage was recorded and one person died.
Attacks on oil refineries in Russia
Every day, Ukrainian drones are increasing the intensity and frequency of attacks on Russian oil refining facilities. Since the beginning of 2024, espilots have already attacked 14 oil refineries in the Russian Federation.
On January 21, in the Leningrad region, Ukrainian drones hit the terminal of the Novatek company in the port of Ust-Luga, on January 19 – on the Rosneft oil depot in the city of Klints, Bryansk region, on January 18 – on the St. Petersburg oil terminal.
The 25th of January drones The SBU attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse. After two powerful explosions, a fire started. As a result, the installation for the primary processing of petroleum products – vacuum and atmospheric columns – was damaged.
In a Russian city Yaroslavl On the morning of January 29, the oil refinery of the Slavneft-YANOS company was attacked. Local residents and an employee of the plant said that the plant’s employees were temporarily sent home.
On the night of February 3 Russia A fire broke out at the Volgograd oil refinery. According to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, oil products burned on an area of 300 square meters. Subsequently, it became known that the enterprise was attacked by SBU drones.
On the night of February 9 was burning Ilsky oil refinery. Locals heard the sounds of explosions before the fire. It also later became known that that night was also attacked Afipsky Refinery. Both are in the Krasnodar region. They were also attacked by SBU drones.
On the night of Wednesday, March 13, drones attacked oil refinery in Ryazan. In the morning it was reported that a drone was shot down near a refinery in the Kirishi district of the Leningrad region, as well as attack on oil refinery in Kstovo (Nizhny Novgorod region). After drone attacks in the Rostov region of the Russian Federation, the Novoshakhtinsky oil refinery suspended its work.
On the night of March 15, a Ukrainian drone was recorded arriving at an oil refinery in the Kaluga region of the Russian Federation.
On the morning of March 16, unknown drones attacked two Refinery in the Samara region. The first drone attacked the territory of an oil refinery in Syzran. Second – Novokuibyshevsky Refinery