Russian officials said Ukrainian drones struck multiple strategic targets overnight, including the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai, an oil terminal, an oil depot and a major defense plant in the Rostov region.Rostov RegionResidents of Taganrog reported explosions throughout the night, with eyewitnesses saying a fire broke out in the city’s port area.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
Initial reports suggested the blaze engulfed the Kurgannaftoprodukt oil terminal (formerly Yugtranzitservis), which unloads and loads petroleum products onto sea-going vessels.
Petro Andryushchenko, head of the Center for the Study of Occupation, also reported a fire near the V.M. Petlyakov Taganrog Aviation College, which trains specialists for Russia’s aviation and engineering industries.
At 7:27 a.m., Rostov Region Governor Yuriy Slyusar confirmed that the region was under a large-scale drone attack.“During the repelling of the attack, about three and a half dozen unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were destroyed in Taganrog and Azov, as well as the Azov and Matveyevo-Kurgan districts. Unfortunately, there were consequences on the ground,” he wrote on Telegram.According to Slyusar, a drone strike set an administrative building ablaze in the village of Kagalnik, while two oil product storage facilities caught fire in Azov. He said there were no casualties.
