Oil depot in Russia's Rostov region catches fire after drone strike

Fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region continued yesterday, after Ukraine launched repeated drone attacks on Sunday, Russian officials have confirmed.

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One of the unidentified aerial vehicles (UAVs) crashed into the Kavkaz oil and petroleum storage facility in Russia’s Rostov region and ignited a fire, Rostov region governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app.

As a result of this, "diesel fuel caught fire on the territory of industrial warehouses in Proletarsk. Firefighting units were called in to extinguish the fire,” Golubev said.

The facility is located 150 miles from the Ukraine-Russia border.

Ukraine has ramped up its airstrikes on Russian energy infrastructure and oil facilities to curb the Russian military's fuel supplies, according to oil market analysts. These attacks have raised concerns about supply disruptions in the global oil market, which is already grappling with OPEC+ production cuts and geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East.

Ukrainian officials have claimed responsibility for the latest drone attack in Rostov, according to a statement by the general staff of the armed forces of Ukraine. “Oil and petroleum products, which were supplied to the Russian occupation army were stored here,” the statement posted on the social media platform Facebook noted.

By Aparupa Mazumder

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