Ukrainian drones hit gas processing plant and linear production station in Russia
Deepstrike units from the Ukrainian Special Operations Forces hit the Lukoil-Korobkovsky gas processing plant and the Yefimovka linear production dispatch station in Russia's Volgograd Oblast on the night of 8-9 October.
Source: press service of the Special Operations Forces; General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Details: The Lukoil-Korobkovsky pas processing is a plant for the primary processing of natural gas and associated petroleum gas, with a design capacity of 450 million cubic metres per year.
The Yefimovka station serves several regional trunk lines, specifically Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk, Zhirnovsk-Volgograd and Saratov-Kuzmichi, with a throughput of 50 million tonnes per year.
According to the General Staff, explosions and a fire were recorded at both facilities, although information on the extent of the damage is still being clarified.
Background: Russian social media channels and local authorities in Russia's Volgograd Oblast reported that drones attacked the Lukoil-Korobkovsky gas processing plant in the city of Kotovo on the night of 8-9 October, resulting in fires on the plant's premises.
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