Ukrainian drone attacks have damaged an oil refinery in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region and oil transportation infrastructure near the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk, regional authorities said Sunday.
A total of 87 drones were shut down over Russia and annexed Crimea overnight, the Defense Ministry said.
Nineteen drones were intercepted over the Leningrad region that is home to the Port of Primorsk, which can export more than 1 million barrels of oil per day.
Governor Alexander Drozdenko initially said debris from one of the drones damaged a section of an oil pipeline near Primorsk and that the pipeline was being “safely burned out.”
He contradicted that statement a few hours later, saying the fire that followed the attack was caused by “shrapnel hitting one of the fuel tanks.”
“The damage has already been dealt with,” he said.
Primorsk, located in northwestern Russia between the Finnish border and St. Petersburg, was previously attacked in March when an oil depot was set ablaze.
In the Nizhny Novgorod region, where 30 drones were shut down overnight, two facilities of the Lukoil-owned Kstovo Refinery were set ablaze by falling debris, regional Governor Gleb Nikitin said.
The attack also damaged several residential buildings, garden plots and a thermal power plant, causing power outages across two towns, according to local officials.
Authorities did not confirm any injuries or deaths.
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