Russia's Ilsky oil refinery catches fire, Taganrog evacuates after drone attacks
Local officials said the strikes forced evacuations and left fires burning at fuel depots and a port terminal, while Russia claimed 376 drones were intercepted.
- On Friday, the Ilsky Oil Refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region caught fire after a drone attack, while separate strikes hit two fuel depots and a seaport in Taganrog.
- The Russian Defence Ministry intercepted 376 Ukrainian drones across Russia and annexed Crimea between Thursday night and Friday morning.
- Taganrog Mayor Svetlana Kambulova ordered evacuations for residents near the seaport, noting that debris damaged a private house and ignited the roof of an administrative building.
- Preliminary reports indicate no injuries occurred during the attacks, and officials in Krasnodar confirmed the blaze at the Ilsky facility was extinguished by Friday.
- Ukraine has intensified attacks on energy infrastructure to undermine Moscow's war effort; repeated strikes on the Ilsky Oil Refinery, with a capacity of around 138,000 barrels per day, have previously caused fuel price rises.
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A Russian civilian died today following the attack of a Ukrainian FPV drone (short-range) in the Briansk border region, the second victim of the day after the death of another civilian in the neighbouring Belgorod region
Ukrainian drones reached, on Friday (10), oil infrastructure and the port of Taganrog, in southern Russia, from where the authorities withdrew residents due to a fire. After four and a half years of war: Moscow expands policy of 'russification' of Ukrainian childhood, points out report THE GLOB in the world: receive the international news directly on your mobile phone "As a result of the fall of drone wrecks, a fire broke out at the Ilski refine…
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Drone attacks targeted several oil infrastructure in southern Russia on Friday.
Russia and annexed Crimea are already struggling with fuel shortages caused by Kiev strikes.
Night attacks by Ukrainian drones also caused a fire in a refinery in Krasnodar Krai, in southern Russia, declared the Russian authorities, which announced the destruction of 376 Ukrainian drones.
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