Drone attack on Volgograd, damaging oil refinery: What we know so far
Residents of the southern part of the city told Journalists were awakened by two powerful explosions at 5:00 a.m. The first reports of a fire at the Lukoil oil refinery came from emergency services at 5:30 a.m. Initially, it was reported that an oil spill was burning over an area of 300 square meters, with no fatalities or injuries. The fire was contained by 7:00 a.m., and extinguished by 7:30 a.m.
According to the governor Andrey BocharovOn the night of February 3, several drones attacked the Volgograd region. One of them crashed into an oil refinery. There are no official reports on the specific damage caused by the drone crash.
Ministry of Defence сообщаетthat drone attacks were also carried out that night Belgorod и Rostov regionThe department's report does not include Voronezh, where downed UAV.
UPD
The drone likely crashed onto a primary oil refining unit. Two years ago, 12 billion rubles were invested in its reconstruction.
To this conclusion came Experts from the online publication V1.ru examined video footage of the first minutes of the fire. As a reminder, a drone attacked the Volgograd oil refinery early this morning.
This is the second-largest unit at the Volgograd Oil Refinery. It has been in operation since 1962. Two years ago, the company's press service announced the completion of a large-scale reconstruction project. It was reported that more than 230 units of primary equipment had been installed, the construction area amounted to 34 square meters, and the investment in the project exceeded 12 billion rubles. The unit's capacity is three and a half million tons of fuel per year.
In January, after a drone attack suspended the work of the Rosneft oil refinery in Tuapse — the only one on the Black Sea coast. A fire there destroyed a vacuum unit. According to Reuters sources, repairs will last until late February or early March. The Tuapse Oil Refinery is one of the ten largest in Russia, processing up to 9 million tons of crude oil per year.
Photo and video: Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Volgograd Region, V1