Russia has suffered a major setback, after a Ukrainian kamikaze drone was seen causing an “apocalyptic” explosion at a key oil facility.
The Steel Horse facility supplies Vladimir Putin’s military, but is also connected to the Druzhba pipeline that ships Russian oil to Europe.
It was reported to be on fire after a concerted attack with Russia claiming to have shot down 20 drones over the Oryol region, where the depot is located.
The video showed the sky lit up in vivid, apocalyptic yellow and orange colors as air defenses attempted to defend the strategic oil depot.
The giant oil deposit has been attacked at least three times before, including a successful attack a week ago when a fire burned for several days.
Recently, separate Ukrainian attacks have focused on supply bases for the Druzhba pipeline, which is key to supplying oil to Hungary and Slovakia, both of which have opposed Ukraine’s military aid and NATO membership.
The governor of the Oryol region, Andrey Klychkov, spoke of a “massive enemy attack with unmanned aerial vehicles” and urged people to “remain calm.”
He said: ‘The attack continues.
The Steel Horse facility supplies Vladimir Putin’s military, but also connects to the Druzhba pipeline that ships Russian oil to Europe.
The video showed the sky lit up in vivid, apocalyptic yellow and orange colors as air defenses attempted to defend the strategic oil depot.
The giant oil deposit has been attacked at least three times before, including a successful attack a week ago when a fire burned for several days.
‘At the moment there is no information on victims or injuries. Emergency services are already on scene and taking action to extinguish the fire.’
The Russian Defense Ministry said: “An attempt by the kyiv regime to carry out a terrorist attack using unmanned aerial vehicles against targets on the territory of the Russian Federation was stopped last night.”
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday that its air defense systems destroyed 42 Ukrainian drones in five Russian regions overnight.
Putin said today after the attacks that it would bring more “destruction” to Ukraine.
“Whoever tries to destroy, and no matter how much he tries to destroy, he will face much greater destruction and will regret what he is trying to do in our country,” Putin said during a televised government meeting on Sunday.
It comes as Russia claims new advances on the battlefield in eastern Ukraine.
The Defense Ministry said on Telegram that its troops had “liberated” the villages of Lozova in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and Krasnoye, called Sontsivka in Ukraine.
Putin said today after the attacks that he would bring more “destruction” to Ukraine
It was reported to be on fire after a concerted attack with Russia claiming to have shot down 20 drones over the Oryol region, where the depot is located.
The latter is near the Kurakhove resource center, which Russia has nearly surrounded and would be a key prize in Moscow’s attempt to capture the entire Donetsk region.
Russia has accelerated its advance through eastern Ukraine in recent months, seeking to secure as much territory as possible before US President-elect Donald Trump comes to power in January.
The Republican has promised to quickly end the nearly three-year conflict, without proposing concrete terms for a ceasefire or peace agreement.
Moscow’s army claims to have taken more than 190 Ukrainian settlements this year, and kyiv is struggling to hold its ground in the face of manpower and ammunition shortages.