US EditionUkrainian drones hit oil hub in Russia's Krasnodar region
Ukrainian drone strikes targeted fuel and industrial sites in Krasnodar, damaging infrastructure and causing three injuries, aiming to weaken Russia's military-economic capacity.
- On March 14, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed Defense Forces struck the Afipsky oil refinery and port of Kavkaz in Krasnodar region during overnight operations.
- Kyiv has been carrying out regular long-range strikes this month, targeting oil refineries and depots to cripple Moscow's funding, including an earlier attack on the Sheskharis oil terminal in Novorossiysk that paused loadings.
- Officials said debris from intercepted drones caused damage and fires at facilities, with ASTRA geolocating a fire at Afipsky oil refinery, which has a 6.25 million tons annual capacity, about 2.1% of Russia's refining output.
- The Tikhoretsk hub experienced a large-scale fire, and Russian authorities reported three people injured and hospitalized after the drone strike.
- Russia's Ministry of Defense said 87 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight, while Andriy Kovalenko wrote 'Ukraine is gradually destroying 'Russia's military-industrial complex and its cycles'.
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Ukrainian drones hit Port Kavkaz and Afipsky refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region
Ukrainian drones attacked the Port Kavkaz and the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region overnight into Saturday, March 14, according to local authorities and media reports. Officials said that “falling drone debris” damaged a technical vessel at Port Kavkaz and sparked a fire at the docking complex. Three people were reported injured, the Krasnodar region’s operational headquarters said: two declined hospitalization, while one person…
Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery and port in the Krasnodar region in southern Russia overnight, causing material damage, local authorities said today.
Ukrainian drone strikes have set fire to a Russian oil refinery and a key port in the southern Krasnodar region, as Ukraine has been hit by one of the largest missile and drone attacks of the year, Bloomberg reports. A fire broke out at a processing unit at the Afipsky oil refinery on Saturday, according to Russia’s regional disaster management agency. There were no reports of injuries and the fire was later extinguished. The Afipsky refinery ca…
Due to its role, the factory has been the target of several Ukrainian attacks.
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