Drones attacked the seaport of Yeysk in Russia’s Krasnodar region on Saturday, Aug. 22, resulting in visible smoke around the facility, according to independent Russian media reports. The Astra Telegram channel reported the strike, citing video footage taken by eyewitnesses from the coast of the Sea of Azov. The footage shows smoke rising from the port area, which was subsequently verified by an OSINT analyst for the channel.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
The attack followed an air raid alert issued in the city earlier in the day due to the threat of incoming drones. Additionally, the Supernova+ Telegram channel reported preliminary information suggesting that a vessel caught fire following the strike on the port. Official Russian authorities have not yet commented on the incident or provided details on potential damage or casualties.
Refinery and logistics strikes in Samara The attack on Yeysk coincided with drone strikes targeting infrastructure in Russia’s Samara region early Saturday morning. A drone strike caused a fire at the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery, a Rosneft facility with a design capacity of approximately 8.8 million tons of oil per year. Simultaneously, reports emerged on social media regarding an attack on a major fulfillment center belonging to the e-commerce company Ozon in Samara. Video footage purportedly showed the moment of impact, with subsequent reports indicating an ongoing fire at the 75,000-square-meter facility, which is one of the largest in Ozon’s federal network.
