On the night from Thursday to Friday, it was attacked using drones Pervy Zavod refinery in Kaluga Oblast, Russia. According to media reports, loud noises were heard at the scene several explosions.
Russia. Explosions in the Kaluga region
According to residents, at night you could hear “characteristic sounds of drones flying“, after which a fire broke out in the refinery area.
Pro-Kremlin media reported the incident, saying that as a result shooting down a drone near a refinery, a fire broke out on site. As reported by Ria Novosti, “Four fuel tanks were on fire.
The governor reported that a fire broke out in the district “in the area one of the companies“He did not specifically name the refinery.
“The fire has been extinguished. According to preliminary information, there are no victims,” he said on Friday morning via social media district governor Wladyslaw Szapsza.
Another attack on the refinery
The Ukrainska Pravda portal reminds that This was not the first attack on a refinery in the Kaluga region. Drones were directed at the refinery on the night of March 15. After the attack, there was a fire, and a some of the equipment was destroyed.
On Thursday, the Interfax-Ukraine agency reported that the drone was from the Security Service of Ukraine hit the Russian Gazprom refinery in Bashkortostan. The attack was carried out on a record distance of 1,500 km.
In March, Reuters reported that it was due to Ukraine's attacks on Russian refineries oil processing capacity decreased by 14%.
Source: Ria Novosti, Ukrainska Pravda, Reuters
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