Russia claims nighttime assault by nearly 130 strike UAVs
Photo: Telegram/ Astra
Last night, several regions of the Russian Federation, including the temporarily occupied Crimea and the Krasnodar Territory, came under significant attack by strike drones.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that.
According to the department, during the previous night, 128 unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed by regular air defense means, namely:
- 83 drones over the territory of the Krasnodar Territory;
- 30 UAVs over the territory of the Republic of Crimea;
- eight drones over the waters of the Sea of Azov;
- five drones over the waters of the Black Sea;
- one UAV over the territories of the Bryansk and Kursk regions.
According to the Astra Telegram channel, explosions were heard in Tuapse and Anapa in the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation. The Sochi airport was closed due to the UAV attack.
Residents reported that drones attacked the Tuapse commercial seaport. Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev assured no casualties in the region, and only a few houses were damaged.
Explosions were also reported in the sky over Anapa, where Russian air defenses were likely operating. The Sochi airport was implementing the "Kovyor" plan, but it stopped accepting and sending flights.
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It should be noted that the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the strike on Russian strategic facilities carried out on February 17. The Defense Forces attacked the military and fuel and energy infrastructure: they hit the Ilya oil refinery in the Krasnodar Territory and two oil pumping stations.
Also, on the morning of January 15, unknown drones attacked several Russian regions. Explosions were heard in Rostov-on-Don, Novomoskovsk in the Tula Region, and Engels in the Saratov Region; an oil refinery was targeted in Volgograd, and an "industrial facility" caught fire in the Kaluga Region as a result of the attack.
In addition, in the Tver Region of the Russian Federation on the night of February 13, drones of the Security Service of Ukraine again hit the Andreapol oil pumping station.
Also, on the night of February 11, the Ukrainian Defense Forces attacked and hit the occupiers' oil refinery in the Saratov Region of the Russian Federation.
