Incidents

Drones came to the Russian Novosakhtynska: a month ago there was an attack on the refinery

The governor of the Rostov region assured that the air defense forces were destroyed by all four drones, which were allegedly launched from the Sumy region. On the night of April 12, four drones, which seemed to belong to Ukraine, were destroyed over the territory of Belgorod region in the airspace of the Rostov region of Russia. This was reported in the Russian Defense Ministry. Vasyl Golubev, the governor of the Rostov region, also provided similar information.

So, according to him, in Novosakhtynsk at 03:10 four drones-Kamikadze were destroyed. "According to preliminary data, the attacks of the victims and damage to the objects were not recorded," the governor said, but he did not specify the purpose of the attack. The publication of Astra claims that all 4 UAVs attacked the Novosakhtyn Refinery. One of the drones fell in the plant, but information about the possible hit is not specified.

It is worth noting that on March 13, the fragments of three unmanned aircraft fell into the territory of the Novosakhtyn Plant of Petroleum products. Moreover, this enterprise is the largest supplier of petroleum products in the south of the Russian Federation and the only refinery in the Rostov region. After that attack, the governor reported to stop the work of technological objects of enterprises.

In general, since the beginning of this year, Russian oil refineries have been constantly attacking drones. They influenced the volume of oil refining. At the same time, since the beginning of March, the army of the Russian Federation has resumed massive attacks on the objects of energy infrastructure of Ukraine. In particular, on the night of April 12, the invaders again attacked UAV energy infrastructure in different regions of the state.