The refinery in Russia is still burning: On the night of Thursday, March 14 to Friday, March 15 Ukraine hit the oil refinery in Tuapse in the Krasnodar country in Russia. Nexta announced on platform X that Russian The refinery has been burning for two days. Andrij Kałenko, head of the Center for Counteracting Disinformation at the National Security Council and Defense of Ukraine, said that the attacked refinery is “one of the largest” in Russia.
How did the attack happen? According to the initial reports, the refinery in Tuapse was attacked by Ukrainian drones. Next, however, reported that “Doubts about this version are growing”and the refinery in Russia probably stayed hit by a long Neptune bullet. This is a new Ukrainian missile with a range of one thousand kilometers. On Saturday, March 15, the President of Ukraine Wołodymyr Zelanski said that Ukrainian forces effectively used this rocket against a ground purpose. The Neptune long shell can be compared to Russian CH-101, caliber and Iskander-K missiles. This is not the first time the Ukrainians used this missile. Earlier he destroyed the flagship of Russia – Moscow rocket cruiser.
Important refinery, and what does Russia say? Andrij Kałenko explained that Rafiner in Tuapse has strategic importance for the Russian armybecause it provides fuel for the Black Sea fleet and military infrastructure in the south of the country. The Governor of the Kondratjew Wiezamin region confirmed that as a result of the attack One of the tanks caught fire with fuel. He said that the fire area is over a thousand square meters. Russian pro -government media reported that the fire caused a shot down drone.
More You can read about this in the article: “Ukrainians attacked the drones with a strategic refinery. The Russian army may be in trouble“.