Oleg Davygora00:07, 05/18/24

Ryabykh assured that Ukrainian drones achieved their goals during the attack in Crimea, Novorossiysk and Krasnodar Territories.

Military expert Valery Ryabykh said that due to Ukrainian drone attacks on the Russian oil refinery on the night of May 17, Russians fear that the country and army may be left without fuel.

“This progress is associated with the increase in the production of attack drones in Ukraine. In this category we are talking specifically about drones of the “Fierce” type, which are long-range and hit targets at distances of more than 1000 km,” he said on the Espresso TV channel .

Ryabykh assured that Ukrainian drones achieved their goals during the attack in Crimea, Novorossiysk and Krasnodar Territories.

“An analysis carried out on explosions and arrivals in Novorossiysk, Tuapse and Sevastopol shows that the majority of drones that flew still reached their targets. Perhaps there were not 102 drones, but, for example, 200. Among the targets was an oil refinery in Tuapse, fuel and lubricant terminals in the Novorossiysk port and energy infrastructure facilities in Sevastopol,” the analyst noted.

According to him, Russia notes that such attacks by Ukraine are effective, especially when it comes to the Tuapse oil refinery.

“In the Russian Federation they note that such strikes are more effective than their repairs. They are already expressing concern. They say that if such strikes are carried out in the future, the Russian Federation will be left without fuel. Accordingly, the occupation forces that carry out terror on the territory of Ukraine, then so did the population,” he added.

Attack on the Russian Federation on May 17 – details

This night, Ukrainian kamikaze drones successfully attacked oil refining facilities in the Krasnodar region. The Russian project VChK-OGPU publishes data on losses, citing reports from local security forces. Novorossiysk was attacked by at least 30 unmanned aerial vehicles, and the Tuapse oil refinery by at least two.

An attack by Ukrainian drones on a Russian oil refinery in Tuapse led to an emergency shutdown of the enterprise . This was reported by Reuters, citing sources familiar with the situation.

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