The Slavyansk oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region was damaged by a drone strike in Ukraine, local authorities said on Saturday.
There were a total of nine attacks on the tank farm and distillation column, Roman Siniagovskyi, head of the Slavyansk administrative district, said on Telegram.
“The tank farm was not damaged by the organized protection system. The distillation column was. The fire was eliminated by joint efforts of responsible services,” Siniagovskyi said.
According to local emergency services, a fire broke out in a small area near the refinery, which was later extinguished.
The Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday that its air defense units had intercepted and destroyed 66 Ukrainian drones over the territory of the Krasnodar region, and two more over the Crimean Peninsula.
