“On the night of December 12, drones attacked Yaroslavl, causing a fire at the Slavneft-YANOS strategic oil plant.”, — write: www.pravda.com.ua
Illustrative photo: Getty Images Source: Russian Telegram channels, local publics, monitoring channel data
Details: Russian media reports, citing local residents, about a series of powerful explosions in the city. According to eyewitnesses, at least seven explosions rang out over the city. Before the attack, the local governor Mykhailo Yevraev announced the “drone danger” in the region.
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Subsequently, photos and videos appeared on the network, which showed a bright glow in the sky above the industrial zone of the city and a column of smoke. According to OSINT analysts and monitoring channels, the enterprise “Slavneft-YANOS” (“Yaroslavnefteorgsintez”) was affected.
“Slavneft-YANOS” is one of the five largest oil refineries in Russia. The enterprise is able to process about 15 million tons of oil per year.
This enterprise is of strategic importance for the economy and military machine of the aggressor country, as it produces a wide range of petroleum products: from automobile gasoline to jet fuel and lubricants.
What preceded:
- On the eve of the Ministry of Defense of the occupying country stated about the most massive attack by drones on the territory of Russia in recent times. The Russian agency assures that their anti-aircraft defense allegedly shot down 287 drones. At the same time, the Russian agency traditionally keeps silent about the number of UAVs that have reached their targets and the real consequences of the hits.
- It was previously reported that on the night of December 11, drones attacked the Russian city of Veliky Novgorod. According to preliminary data, he was hit local chemical planton whose territory a fire broke out after the attack.