Four things to know about Ukraine’s attack on Russian oil depot in four minutes
Four things to know about Ukraine’s attack on Russian oil depot in four minutes
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Four things to know about Ukraine’s attack on Russian oil depot in four minutes
Four things to know about Ukraine’s attack on Russian oil depot in four minutes
Posted by theipaper
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A Russian oil depot is ablaze following reports of [Ukrainian drone strikes](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/how-putin-deadly-new-drone-strategy-changing-war-ukraine-3800208?srsltid=AfmBOootMjjSRVu7XbAMwj8aUIsb38QyZOkDtalR3v9-BvCBJG_4m-8s&ico=in-line_link) overnight.
Images circulating on social media show a huge fire and thick black smoke at the site in the Adler area of Sochi, a Russian city on the[ Black Sea](https://inews.co.uk/news/world/ukraine-russia-agree-black-sea-deal-drones-3604546?srsltid=AfmBOoosiunjfi-dbzQctcagJifjYotKLEW1dSZNv2Jbo7DVbTvndR1S&ico=in-line_link) coast.
Other areas have also been hit in recent days, including Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery and the [Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant ](https://inews.co.uk/topic/zaporizhia-nuclear-power-plant?srsltid=AfmBOorRRyyiXUt2bYrmbJf5HncS-zqkjWi8lbReypoC3xGsrQ9FVmGr&ico=in-line_link)in occupied Ukraine, which killed one civilian.
It comes amid escalating tensions between the US and Russia, with US President Donald Trump ordering [submarines to be moved closer to Russia](https://inews.co.uk/news/trump-deploys-nuclear-submarines-reaction-russia-3839656?srsltid=AfmBOoovP8RAmqgq2FyLMHUAN9-hoGRhi5bOfx5m3vyUWT4lRvNtC4q6&ico=in-line_link) and Russian-Chinese navy exercises underway.
Here are four things you need to know about the latest escalation in the Russia-Ukraine war.
# Nearby airport closed after suspected drone attack
More than 120 [firefighters](https://inews.co.uk/topic/firefighters?srsltid=AfmBOoo63VGGJU0eiCpmL8ex7UkOgOQpHV9okLPlJaQ-3OGoVDiUWds2&ico=in-line_link) are attempting to put out an inferno in the Adler area of Sochi, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, in a post on Telegram on Sunday morning.
Russian news agency RIA reported that the fuel tank on fire has a capacity of 2,000 cubic metres of fuel.
The Russian defence ministry said in its daily morning report on Telegram that its air defences destroyed 93 Ukrainian drones overnight, including one over the Krasnodar region and 60 over the Black Sea.
The strikes have not been independently verified, and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
Flights at Sochi’s airport were temporarily stopped to ensure air safety, but they had resumed by 3am UK time, according to Rosaviatsia, Russia’s civil aviation authority.
Kranodar’s governor said the Ukrainian attack would be the latest on Russian infrastructure that Kyiv considers to be central to Moscow’s war efforts.
Hitting oil infrastructure is psychological and logistical warfare.
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