Ukrainian drones hit oil pumping facility in Krasnodar
Today February 22 Russia was hit by two new kamikaze drone strikes on oil refineries as Ukraine targets Vladimir Putin’s economical centers. Footage showed a massive blaze at Syzran in Samara region with huge flames at the key Rosneft installation. Another Ukrainian drone hit a second oil refinery at Novokuibyshevsk in the same region. This came as Russian border city Belgorod again faced intense shelling from Ukraine. The strikes in Samara region came as Russians prepared for a second day of voting in what is widely seen as a rigged election to ensure the Kremlin dictator, 71, wins a new six-year term with a seeming mandate to carry on a war that has seen some 400,000 of his people killed or maimed. The explosions at the Samara region plants came around 6am, according to reports. The refineries are more than 600 miles from the nearest Ukrainian territory. It means Ukraine has successfully hit seven oil refineries in five days. Drones belonging to Ukraine’s Security Service struck an oil pumping facility in Russia’s Krasnodar region, RBC-Ukraine reported on Saturday citing sources from special services. According to the sources, the Novovelichkovskaya oil pumping station, which is considered one of the main oil transporting facilities in Kuban, was the target of this strike. It was further stated that a fire broke out, leading to a complete power outage and emergency stop of all the operations.
Earlier this week Russia’s largest oil pumping station disabled in drone attack
“On Feb. 17, 2025, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium was attacked by UAVs,” the statement said. According to Russian reports, seven drones carried out the strike. Officials stated that no personnel were injured. “At the moment, the Kropotkinskaya oil pumping station is out of service. Oil transportation via the Tengiz–Novorossiysk pipeline system continues at reduced pumping rates, bypassing the station. The Kropotkinskaya station, located in the Kavkazsky district of Kuban, is the largest CPC oil pumping station on Russian territory,” the report added.. According to the Shot Telegram channel, debris from one of the drones fell near the village of Severskaya, close to the oil refinery, igniting a fire. Veniamin Kondratyev, governor of Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, confirmed the drone attack, stating that debris “damaged 12 residential houses.” However, he did not comment on the strike at the Ilsky oil refinery or the reported fire. Earlier, Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NRC) reported that a swarm of drones had attacked the Ilsky oil refinery overnight on Feb. 17. The refinery is one of the key facilities of its kind in southern Russia.