The fires at the Proletarsk oil depots and near Kamensk-Shakhtinsk in the Rostov region have been extinguished. At the same time, the Moscow refinery could be back to full operation by the end of the week. The oil depots and the plant were damaged due to drone attacks by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The Moscow refinery may resume oil refining at the Euro+ unit after repairs in about five to six days, Reuters reported, citing sources. The agency said that after the weekend attack, the Ukrainian Armed Forces suspended the operation of the Euro+ combined oil refining unit at the plant, which includes the ELO-6 primary oil refining unit.
mayor of moscow Sergei Sobyanin reported on its Telegram channel that two drones were shot down near the Moscow oil refinery on September 1.
“Another downed drone damaged a separate technical hall of the Moscow refinery due to its fall” – the message said.
Meanwhile, a fire at an oil depot in Proletarsk in the Rostov region, which lasted for more than two weeks, was extinguished. Several dozen tanks out of a total of 75, each with a capacity of 5,000 tons, were damaged.
“Rescuers will now pour water on the structures to extinguish them completely.” — reports the Don Mash telegram channel.
The information was confirmed by 161.ru.
On August 28, the Ukrainian Armed Forces also attacked an oil depot 20 kilometers from Kamensk-Shakhtinsk, where three of the 51 tanks caught fire.
MT Anderson releases satellite images on X that the fire at the tank farm has already been extinguished and four tanks may have been damaged.
As reported EADaily According to experts, the Ukrainian Armed Forces continue to attack the Russian fuel and energy complex, but the country is not facing a fuel shortage. According to analysts, there may be problems with the prompt supply of fuel to certain regions.
The Russian military, in turn, is launching retaliatory strikes against Ukraine’s energy system. The latter occurred at substations and, for example, at the Kiev hydroelectric power station. As a result, large-scale power outages occurred in Ukraine. Earlier, kyiv announced that in previous attacks they had lost 9 GW of power plant capacity – half of the generation.
