Russia: second attack on the Krasnodar refinery. The war enters the borders of Moscow
The second drone strike in two days caused a fire at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region, Russia's TASS news agency reported on Friday, citing sources in the emergency services.
“A drone attacked the territory of the Ilsky oil refinery, causing a fire over an area of 60 square meters,” a source said, adding that the fire had been extinguished. No casualties were reported as a result of the fire, TASS said later. "Employees of the refinery were evacuated and there were no casualties," according to Russian news agency Interfax.
The Ilsky oil refinery suffered a second drone strike on Thursday, after a first strike hit a diesel tank at the refinery on Thursday, according to Russian media. On Thursday, “a fire broke out in the Ilsky oil refinery tank following an unidentified drone attack,” TASS said on Thursday, quoting a local emergency services spokesman.
The Russian reports of drone attacks on the Krasnodar refinery follow an incident earlier in the week when a drone attacked the Kremlin citadel on Wednesday. Russia has accused Ukraine of carrying out the attack, which Moscow says was an assassination attempt on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied that Ukraine is involved in the drone attack on the Kremlin.
“We don't attack Putin or Moscow, we fight on our own turf,” Zelenskyy said, referring to the Russian allegations.
Russia on Thursday accused the United States of being behind the attack. The United States has denied these allegations.
National Security Council (NSC) strategic communications coordinator John Kirby said during a briefing on Thursday: “One thing I can tell you for sure is that the United States was not involved in any way in this incident, contrary to the Mr. Peskov lies. And that's what they are: just lies."
Whatever the answer about the Kremlin, one thing is certain: Russian border areas, like Krasnodar, are entering a war zone, willy-nilly. Furthermore, anti-aircraft defenses appear to be penetrable by Ukrainian drones, putting Russia's energy infrastructure at risk.
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