In response to rocket attacks, Ukraine blows up Russian oil depots with drones

FLY – Ukraine managed to blow up a Russian oil depot 190 miles from Moscow with a drone strike. The retaliatory strike came a day after Russian forces launched a barrage of 90 missiles.

Images show an alleged attack by Ukrainian military drones on a Russian oil depot just 190 miles from Moscow.

“The 4 a.m. strike blew up an oil depot in the Stalnoi Kon settlement,” said regional governor Andrey Klychkov.

“There were no casualties. All emergency services are working on the site,” Klychkov added Daily mailWednesday (16/11/2022).

Meanwhile Ukrainian official Anton Gerashchenko noticed the depot explosion without claiming responsibility.

He posted a photo of the burned site – impossible to verify – and the caption: “Smoking in the wrong place has reached the Oryol region.”

Unverified images on social media showed what appeared to be a single fragment on the side of an oil storage tank, blackened with soot.

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The logo of Transneft, the Russian state-controlled pipeline operator, can be seen on the tank, which according to state television was empty. According to one report, the alleged drone strike left a crater 12 feet deep.

Subsequent images show significant damage to the oil storage complex.