Drones operated by Ukraine’s Safety Service (SBU) struck a substation powering the Novovelychkovskaya oil pumping station in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai on Feb. 20, successfully disrupting its operations, a safety supply informed the Kyiv Impartial.
In response to the supply, the station is likely one of the "key amenities for transporting oil within the Kuban area, supplying the Afipsky and Ilysky oil refineries." Russian authorities are at the moment assessing the injury, the supply mentioned.
On Feb. 20, a number of native Russian media shops and Telegram channels reported explosions within the Krasnodar Krai area, claiming Russian air protection repelled the drone assault and there was no fireplace.
"That is the eighth profitable SBU particular operation for the reason that starting of the yr concentrating on Russia's oil refining and pumping amenities. Every such explosion ends in multimillion-dollar losses for Russia and complicates the availability of gas to the Russian military," the supply mentioned.
The Kyiv Impartial couldn’t confirm the claims.
Ukraine routinely launches deep strikes in opposition to army and industrial amenities in Russia, primarily counting on domestically developed drones. Kyiv has notably taken intention at Russia's fossil gas infrastructure as a part of its technique to undermine funding for the Kremlin's battle chest.
Earlier on Feb. 20, a supply in Ukrainian army intelligence (HUR) confirmed they had been behind the detonations of goggles for first-person-view (FPV) drones utilized by Russian troopers.
In response to the supply, HUR purchased a big batch of FPV goggles for the operation and rigged them with explosives and a detonation mechanism.
The Kyiv IndependentKateryna Denisova