Russia's Tuapse oil refinery halted after Ukrainian drone attack, sources say

22/7/2024 13:12

        Russia's air defence systems destroyed 75 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, including eight near the town of Tuapse on the Black Sea where Russia's
        oil major Rosneft has a refinery, the Russian defence ministry said on Monday.
        
        Forty-seven drones were downed over the Rostov region in Russia's southwest, 17 over the waters of the Black and Azov seas, eight over the Krasnodar region, where Tuapse is located, and single drones over the Belgorod, Voronezh and Smolensk region, the ministry said on the Telegram messaging app.
        
        The ministry did not say whether its defence systems destroyed the drones, or whether the attack had caused any damage.
        
        Sergei Boiko, head of the Tuapse district in the Krasnodar region, said on Telegram infrastructure and residential buildings had not been damaged.