Slavyansk refinery in Kuban suspends operations after drone attack - Reuters
On Saturday night, during an SBU operation, UAVs attacked the Kushchevskaya military airfield, as well as the Ilya and Slavyansk refineries
The oil refinery in Sloviansk-on-Kuban (Krasnodar Krai), damaged by a drone attack on Saturday, has partially suspended operations.
Source. Reuters reports this with reference to the security director of Slavyansk-EKO, the company that owns the plant.
Local authorities reported that the night strikes at the Slaviansk oil refinery damaged a separation unit, caused a fire on an area of 5 square metres, and the fire was extinguished.
The nominal capacity of the Slaviansk-EKO refinery is 5.2 million tonnes per year, with actual processing in 2019-2023 of 3.3-4.1 million tonnes.
In the first quarter of this year, Slaviansk refinery processed 0.904 million tonnes of crude oil compared to 0.971 million tonnes in the same period in 2023, according to industry sources.
On Saturday night, during an SBU operation in Krasnodar Krai, UAVs attacked the Kushchovskaya military airfield, as well as the Ilyich and Slavyansk refineries, security sources told the Ukrainian Service of the BBC.
"In the attack on the military airfield, the Security Service supported the Defence Forces and acted jointly with them. Dozens of military aircraft, radar stations and electronic warfare equipment were deployed there. In addition, SBU UAVs struck the distillation and atmospheric columns of the Ilyich and Slaviansk refineries. These are key technological facilities at the refineries. After the attack, fires broke out at the airfield and the refinery and personnel were evacuated," the source said.
The Russian Ministry of Defence announced the destruction of 66 drones over the Krasnodar Territory, where the Slaviansk refinery was attacked, but this is not accurate.
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