New drone attack on oil refinery in Samara region (video)
On the night of March 23, attack drones attacked the Kuibyshev Oil Refinery in the Samara region.
This was reported by the Russian media.
As a result of the attack, a massive fire broke out at the refinery. Witnesses reported a large number of ambulances and fire trucks.
Strike drones attacked the oil refinery at around 2 a.m. According to witnesses, the atmospheric-vacuum oil distillation system AVT-5 was attacked.
In turn, the governor of the region, Dmitry Azarov, said that all drones targeting the plant had been intercepted. He did not specify why the fire started.
He also noted that the fire occurred at the primary oil processing column. There were no casualties or injuries among the company’s employees.
In addition, he said that no damage or loss was caused to the process equipment.
Kuibyshev Oil Refinery specializes in the production of lubricants, gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as several dozen other oil products in demand on the market.
It should be noted that a few weeks ago, drones already attacked the Kuibyshev and Syzran oil refineries.
Then, as a result of the attack, a fire broke out over an area of 500 square meters. The fire at the oil refinery in Novokuibyshevsk was extinguished in half an hour.
In his turn, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commander of U.S. Forces Europe in 2014-17, noted that attacks on Russian refineries should continue.
According to Hodges, Ukraine should put pressure on Russian logistics, particularly in Crimea, to make the peninsula unusable for Russian troops.
