Oil depot on fire in Russia's Krasnodar Krai after drone attack – photos, video

Drones attacked an oil depot in the Tikhoretsk district of Russia's Krasnodar Krai on the night of 11-12 March, causing a fire that has spread over an area of 150 sq m.

Source: Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters; Astra Telegram channel

Details: Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters claimed that the "fire at the oil depot" had occurred due to "falling debris from a drone".

Quote from the headquarters: "There are no casualties. The fire has covered an area of 150 sq m. A total of 83 firefighters and 26 fire appliances are involved in extinguishing the blaze, including employees from the Main Directorate of Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations in Krasnodar Krai."

Details: According to Astra's analysis of footage from eyewitnesses, storage tanks at a local oil depot caught fire. The facility belongs to the transshipment point of the company Tikhoretsk-Nafta LLC.

The Tikhoretsk oil hub is one of the largest oil transshipment points in southern Russia. It is located in Krasnodar Krai and is operated by Tikhoretsk-Nafta LLC, which is part of Transneft, one of the world's largest pipeline operators. The facility is a large oil depot and transshipment terminal.

Background: Earlier, Ukrainian Special Operations Forces units conducted strikes on a weapons arsenal, a radar station, a reconnaissance UAV storage point and other Russian military facilities in temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine.

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