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Russia's Tuapse Refinery in Suspected Drone Attack

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A Rosneft refinery in Tuapse was struck by drones early on Thursday Wednesday causing a fire according to Rosneft related Telegram accounts.

  • "The vacuum unit was on fire. According to preliminary information, there were neither casualties nor injured," Sergei Boiko, the head of Tuapse district said.
  • The blaze has been extinguished at 4:53am local time. The extent of the damage is not clear at present.
  • Several Russian oil processing storage and storage facilities have been targeted by drones in recent weeks in a recent change in tactics to target energy infrastructure.
  • The Tuapse refinery processed over 180,000 barrels a day of crude oil in the first 17 days of January, or more than 3% of the nation’s total crude-processing volume according to a Bloomberg source.

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