Russia claims "large-scale attack" on Krasnodar Krai – videos

Olha Hlushchenko - 15 February, 03:10

Smoke after a strike. Screenshot from a video

Authorities in Russia's Krasnodar Krai have claimed a "large-scale attack" on the region, which allegedly damaged a fuel storage tank, a warehouse and terminals, as well as other facilities.

Source: Operational Headquarters of Krasnodar Krai; Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of Krasnodar Krai

Details: "A fuel storage tank caught fire in the settlement of Volna in the Temryuk district after UAV debris fell," the headquarters reported.

Russian authorities did not specify the scale of the fire or the damage but stated that early reports indicate that "there are no casualties".

The headquarters added that "67 personnel, including employees of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations in Krasnodar Krai, and 20 appliances are involved in extinguishing the fire".

Update: At dawn, Kondratyev reported a "large-scale attack" on the region.

Quote from Kondratyev: "Krasnodar Krai was subjected to a large-scale attack by the Kyiv regime overnight, which was repelled from late evening and throughout the night. Sadly, there are casualties.

Heads of municipalities are promptly reporting on the situation. Damage has been recorded in the settlement of Volna in the Temryuk district, in Sochi and in the village of Yurovka near Anapa.

The most difficult situation is in the settlement of Volna. A fuel storage tank, a warehouse and terminals were damaged there.

The information currently available indicates that two people have been injured…"

Details: Kondratyev added that several seats of fire were being extinguished by 126 personnel and 34 units of equipment.

He also claimed that "a house was damaged as a result of repelling the attack" in Sochi and that a boiler house was damaged in Yurovka.

Authorities in Sochi later said that the city had experienced the "longest large-scale attack".

In the morning, Russia's Defence Ministry claimed that its air defences "downed 68 Ukrainian UAVs" over the Sea of Azov, Krasnodar Krai, occupied Crimea, Kursk Oblast, Stavropol Krai and the Black Sea on the night of 14-15 February.

Background:

Drones have repeatedly targeted the Tamanneneftegas, a Russian oil terminal involved in supplying the Russian Armed Forces, in the settlement of Volna.
On the night of 21-22 January, Ukrainian defence forces struck the Tamanneneftegas and a number of Russian air defence assets.
On 31 December, Ukraine's defence forces carried out an attack on the Tamanneftegaz oil and gas terminal near the settlement of Volna on the Taman Peninsula in Russia's Krasnodar Krai.
On the night of 30-31 December, units of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine, acting jointly with the State Border Guard Service, attacked an oil terminal and refinery in Russia's Black Sea port of Tuapse in Krasnodar Krai.

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