Explosion hits key oil pipeline in Russias Saratov region - Sources

It is noted that as a result of the explosion, the main oil pipeline, Kuibyshev-Lysychansk, which supplied the occupation army with oil products, was put out of service. According to the information of the source, the capacity of the affected facility is 82 million tons per year.

In the morning, after the explosions at the scene of the event, an accumulation of workers was observed who were trying to eliminate the consequences of the attack.

According to the data of the sources, this is already the third object of the oil and gas infrastructure of Russia put out of service only during the past day. Earlier it was reported about explosions on gas pipelines and oil pipelines in the Penza region of the Russian Federation.

As in the previous cases, the informational resources of the aggressor explain the series of explosions on strategic infrastructure in the Saratov region as "planned exercises."

Strikes on Russia’s energy sector

As a result of a fire due to an attack by unknown drones on September 9, tanks of an oil depot in Prokhorovka of the Belgorod region of the Russian Federation were damaged.

Also, RBC-Ukraine reported that the Forces of Unmanned Systems in the night on September 5 attacked objects of the fuel infrastructure of Russia and of the occupied territory.

In addition, Ukrainian drones again attacked the Ryazan oil refinery. In social networks, there appeared numerous photos and videos of a large-scale fire that broke out after the explosions.

Also, the Forces of Unmanned Systems released a video report on the results of strikes on Russian oil refineries in August of this year. In total, operators of the 14th regiment of the SUS conducted 11 operations “deep strike.”