Fires rage near oil refinery and Druzhba pipeline in Russia, – Andryushchenko

At night, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian cities of Orel, Lipetsk and Tambov.

At night, Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian cities of Orel, Lipetsk and Tambov, as a result of which a fire is now known in the area of the Michurinsky Oil Refinery and the control center of the Druzhba oil pipeline .

Mariupol Mayor’s Advisor Petro Andryushchenko reported this on Telegram .

“At night, our UAVs flew to Orel, Lipetsk and Tambov. In the Tambov region, in the village of Novonikolskoye, as a result of a hit, a fire broke out in the area of the Michurinsky Oil Refinery and the control point of the Druzhba oil pipeline,” he noted.

Andryushchenko added that the results of the hits in Lipetsk and Orel are still unknown.

At about 3 a.m., the TG channel ASTRA reported , citing local residents , that a fire had broken out at the Transneft-Druzhba control station in the village of Novomikolskoye. The Michurinsk oil refinery is also located in this village.

The publication also reported that, according to the Russian Defense Ministry, more than 50 UAVs were shot down over various Russian regions at night, including 18 drones allegedly shot down over the Tambov Region, another 16 over the Belgorod Region, four each over the Bryansk, Lipetsk, and Oryol Regions, three over the Voronezh Region, and one over the Kursk Region. Another UAV was allegedly destroyed over the waters of the Sea of Azov.

(C)UNIAN 2024