03-08-2025
Massive blaze erupts in Russia after Ukrainian drone strike on huge oil depot
ALBAWABA - Russian emergency officials say that a Ukrainian drone strike caused a big fire to start at a major oil store in Russia's Krasnodar region early Sunday morning. The store can hold 2,000 cubic meters of stuff and is in the Adler area of Sochi, a vacation city. Also Read 'Our Weapons Stay': Hamas rejects reports of willingness to disarm
Governor of Krasnodar Veniamin Kondratyev stated that more than 120 firefighters were sent to put out the fire. He said that the attack was part of a pattern of Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure, which Kyiv sees as important to Moscow's war operations.
Through Telegram, Russia's Ministry of Defense said that overnight, its air defenses stopped 93 Ukrainian drones, including 60 over the Black Sea and one above Krasnodar. However, the ministry's report only talked about the drones that were shot down and not the ones that were launched.
Russia's airport body (Rosaviatsia) said that because of the attack, planes at Sochi International Airport were temporarily stopped for safety reasons. Operations started up again at 2:00 AM GMT.
Ukraine Says It Will Do Targeted Attacks
Later, Ukraine's Armed Forces revealed that the drone attack was part of a larger plan to target key Russian assets with precise strikes. The attacks were a direct response, according to the General Staff, to recent Russian attacks on Ukrainian towns that killed many people.
Last week, the Russian government banned gasoline exports to curb shortages and record prices. It didn't stop price now Ukraine is destroying the very refineries that make that gasoline.
Overnight, Sochi and Adler.
