first attack
Tanks containing petroleum products caught fire on the night of May 4 at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar Territory, reported Governor Veniamin Kondratiev in his Telegram.
“The fire from the oil tanks at the Ilsky oil refinery in the Seversky district has been confirmed,” he wrote.
Fire in a refinery with an area of 400 square meters. m extinguished about 170 emergency services, the head of the Seversky district Andrey Doroshevsky arrived at the plant. The fire was extinguished.
RIA Novosti, referring to the emergency services representative reportedIt was stated that the fire at the refinery could be a drone attack. The source said there was 4.5 thousand cubic meters of diesel in the burning tank.
Later law enforcement source reported reported that 4 unmanned aerial vehicles attacked the refinery, one of which did not explode.
Telegram channel Baza claimsIt was stated that a total of 4 unmanned aerial vehicles participated in the attack on the refinery. According to the channel, the attack lasted almost an hour – from two to three in the morning. During this time, three explosions occurred on the refinery site. As a result of the raid, one tank was destroyed, and the second, 85% filled with diesel fuel, caught fire. The volume of the affected tanks is 5000 cubic meters. metre.
According to preliminary information, there were no casualties.
second attack
By the way, on the territory of the Novoshakhtinsky refinery in the Rostov region fallen UAV, said Governor Vasily Golubev. He said in his telegram that there were no casualties and that the damage to the refinery was insignificant. The facility is operating normally.
The Novoshakhtinsky Oil Refinery is located in the Krasnosulinsky District, near the city of Novoshakhtinsk.
According to Golubev, the drone struck the construction of the factory’s inter-workshop overpass tonight and then exploded.
“The fire that started as a result of the explosion was extinguished immediately. While firefighters did not intervene, the fire was extinguished by company services. There were no victims or injuries, the damage to the structures was insignificant, ”wrote Golubev.
Now the plant is operating normally.
In 2022, UAVs had already attacked this Novoshakhtinsky refinery, on the morning of June 22, a fire broke out at the factory as a result of the collision of two drones. Emergency services reported that the area of the fire was 50 square meters. m, no one got hurt.
Attack the previous day
On the eve of the drone hit a tank with petroleum products in the village of Volna, Temryuk district of the Krasnodar Territory, near Crimea. In total, judging by the video footage, several drones took part in the attack. The area of the fire was 1.2 thousand square meters. m Five fire trains participated in the elimination of the fire, it was possible to completely extinguish the tank only by the evening of May 3.