Ukrainian drone attack triggers oil depot fire in southern Russia

A nighttime Ukrainian drone strike in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar sparked a major fire and injured at least two workers at an oil depot, regional authorities said. said Friday.

Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Its air defense systems destroyed 29 Ukrainian drones and five missiles over the region.

Governor of the Krasnodar Region, Venyamin Kondratiev said During an air strike, three tanks filled with petroleum products caught fire in the Temryuk district, east of the annexed Crimea.

“The fire was assigned a high complexity category,” Kondratyev said. wrote on Telegram.

Two workers were slightly injured and the fire was eventually extinguished, said Fyodor Babenkov, district manager of Temryuk, on Friday morning.

Babenkov posted a photo showing a charred industrial site with pipes and tankers covered with fire-fighting foam.

Ukraine has stepped up its attacks on Russia’s energy infrastructure since the beginning of the year. Previous attacks on oil refineries in Russia led to a collapse in the country’s gasoline production in the spring.