Ukraine Launches Massive Drone Attack On Russia’s Biggest Oil Terminal, Halts Crude Exports | World News
According to France 24, Ukraine shot in Russia’s largest drone operation in the largest drone operation in the months, opened two tankers and forced the raw cargo to be suspended on Saturday.
The facility, owned by the Russian oil company Bashneft, is about 1,400 kilometers from the front.
According to the New York Post, one of the flames can carry 700,000 barrels of oil. The fires were later introduced, but it remains unclear whether the installation process continues.
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According to France 24, Radiy Khabirov, President of Russia’s Bashkortostan Region, said one drone hit the plant while the other was shot. “There was no injury or injury. The production area was damaged and there was a fire that was extinguished at the moment.”
The videos published on social media showed a drone dragged to the facility before the explosion in a flame ball, and according to France 24, he sent a cloud of smoke to the sky.
The strike is part of the wider campaign aimed at disrupting Moscow’s Russian refineries of Ukraine’s Russian refineries. During the summer, a number of attacks reduced the refined capacity in key plants and increased fuel prices.
US President Donald Trump called on his allies to stop receiving Russian oil on Saturday and called for forcing Moscow to end the conflict. Despite sanctions, Türkiye, Hungary and Slovakia continue to import Russian oil.
Bashneft Ufa refinery, which was defined as “one of the largest of the country” by the Kremlin in 2016, produces more than 150 different petroleum products.
