Russian Volgograd rocked by drone attack, oil refinery engulfed in flames
Unidentified drones strike an oil refinery in Volgograd (Illustrative photo: Getty Images)
In Russia, unidentified drones are carrying out a large-scale attack on the Volgograd region. Debris from the strikes caused a fire at a local oil refinery, according to Volgograd Governor Andrey Bocharov and Russian social media sources.
According to Bocharov, debris caused a spill and fire of petroleum products at the LUKOIL-Volgograd Refinery.
“Fire services quickly began extinguishing the blaze. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties,” he said.
Eyewitnesses told the Telegram channel SHOT that explosions began after 02:30, particularly loud in the Krasnoarmeysky district of the city.
In total, at least 5–7 loud blasts were heard, and after debris from one of the downed drones fell, a fire with smoke broke out in one neighborhood.
The Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported several hits on the LUKOIL refinery.
At around 23:29, Volgograd airport activated the Carpet plan, temporarily closing the facility to incoming and outgoing flights.
Drone attacks in Krasnodar Krai
This marks the second consecutive night of drone strikes on Volgograd’s oil refineries - on the night of Wednesday, August 13, explosions were also heard near the facility during the UAV attacks.
Additionally, in the early hours of August 13, unidentified drones struck the Slavyansk ECO oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Krai, setting a vehicle on fire.
On the night of August 7, drones hit the railway station in Surovikino, Volgograd region.
And on the night of August 4, unknown drones damaged the Archeda railway station in Frolovo, Volgograd region.
