A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at another Russian oil terminal overnight on Friday, 22nd, local authorities in the Krasnodar region of Russia said on Saturday morning, 23rd.
Authorities in the city of Novorossiysk said drone debris sparked a fire at an oil terminal, injuring two people, without naming the facility.
According to Russian news outlet Astra, Ukrainian drones struck the Sheskharis oil terminal and depot, the end point of Russian state company Transneft’s main pipelines in the region. Ukraine has not commented on the attack.
Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil assets financing the invasion have become daily occurrences.
Ukraine has been expanding its medium and long-range strike capabilities, using domestically developed drone and missile technology to combat Russia’s 4-year-old invasion.
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