DRONE HIT PORT TANKS, GAS PROCESSING PLANT
Ukraine’s SBU security service said its long-range drones struck oil product storage tanks at the Russian port of Temryuk in the Krasnodar region, as well as a gas processing plant in the Orenburg region in southwestern Russia.
The Orenburg gas processing plant, described by the SBU as the largest of its kind in the world, is located about 1,400 kilometres from the Ukrainian border.
Russian regional authorities confirmed that two oil product tanks caught fire at the port of Temryuk following the drone attack.
Flames spread over an area of about 2,000 square metres, the Krasnodar regional operational headquarters said on Telegram.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE INCREASINGLY TARGETED
As Russia’s war in Ukraine nears the four-year mark and diplomatic efforts to end the conflict have yet to yield results, both sides have intensified drone and missile strikes on energy infrastructure.
Kyiv has increased attacks on Russian oil refineries and other energy facilities since August, aiming to cut Moscow’s oil revenues, a key source of funding for the war.
The Ukrainian General Staff also said Ukrainian forces struck a military airfield in the Russian city of Maikop, in the republic of Adygea in the North Caucasus region.