DIU drones strike Russian oil refinery 2,000 km from Ukraine, says source

This was reported to Ukrinform by sources in the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense.

The attacked enterprise is located more than two thousand kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

The targeted facility is involved in supplying fuel and lubricants to the Russian army.

According to local Telegram channels, residents heard several loud explosions in the vicinity of the oil refinery, after which fire trucks, ambulances, and other emergency services arrived at the scene.

Some local public groups reported that at least one tank at the oil refinery was damaged by the explosions.

In addition, local residents report power outages and mobile internet disruptions in the city.

Sources in Ukrainian intelligence added that the drones struck a tank containing petroleum products, causing it to spill, and damaged a gas and gas condensate processing plant used to produce propane-butane and gasoline.

As reported by Ukrinform, on the morning of August 8, in the town of Afipsky, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Federation, as a result of an operation by the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, a military unit of the 90th anti-aircraft missile brigade of the Russian Federation's air defense forces was attacked.