Drones strike refinery in Leningrad region overnight
Photo: Drones attacked oil refinery in Leningrad region of Russia (GettyImages)
At night, unidentified drones attacked an oil refinery in the Leningrad region of Russia. It is claimed that air defense systems shot down two drones, according to the Telegram account of the region's governor, Alexander Drozdenko.
On the night of March 8, the Kinef oil refinery in Kirishi, Leningrad region of Russia, was attacked by drones.
"The UAV attack on Kinef in the Kirishi district has been repelled. Air defense forces shot down one drone on approach, and the other was destroyed over the plant's territory," he wrote on his Telegram channel.
According to the governor, the debris from the downed drone damaged the external structure of one of the tanks. There were no reported casualties.
It is worth noting that the Kinef oil refinery (Kirishinefteorgsintez) is one of the largest in Russia.
Strikes on Russia's oil facilities
Meanwhile, sources from RBC Ukraine in the SSU reported that on the night of February 17, drones from the Security Service of Ukraine and Special Operations Forces struck two strategically important facilities in the Krasnodar Krai of Russia — the Ilysk oil refinery and the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station.
Earlier, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council, explained the significance of the Ilysk refinery for Russia's infrastructure.
Additionally, on February 17, it was revealed that after the drone strike, the largest oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, Kropotkinskaya, was rendered inoperable.
