On 13 September, Ukraine’s Defence Intelligence (HUR) and the Defence Forces of Ukraine struck the Slavyansk-EKO oil refinery in the city of Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.
This was reported by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defence.
The operation was carried out by operators from HUR’s Department of Active Operations and Department of Unmanned Systems, together with the Defence Forces, as part of a deep-strike operation.
According to intelligence, a key oil-processing unit and the company’s tank farm were hit.
After the attack, a large fire broke out on the refinery’s premises. Thick smoke and the glow of the blaze could be seen for tens of kilometres.
- It was reported earlier that following a UAV attack in the Kuban region a fire broke out at an oil refinery. A facility is also burning in Nizhnekamsk