Drones attack oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai
Pravda Ukraine
Drones struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on the night of 13-14 March.
Source: Russian Telegram channels
Details: According to Telegram channels, local residents heard around 10 loud explosions at the refinery at approximately 03:00 (local time). Allegedly, only after this, the city’s air-raid warning was issued and a fire broke out “near the facility”.
Local residents have been posting photos and videos of the burning refinery online.
Mash Telegram channel reported that the explosions had caused a fire at the Tuapse oil refinery. The Russian source claimed that the fire at the facility was “due to the falling debris of a downed UAV”.
Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev confirmed the attack on the refinery and reported that “one of the petrol storage tanks” had caught fire. “The fire covers an area of over 1,000 square metres,” he added.
Background:
- On the night of 25-26 February, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence, in coordination with other units of the defence forces, struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
- At least 40 explosions were heard at the facility, a fire broke out and oil refining equipment was damaged in the attack.
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