Drone Strikes: Oil Facilities Held by both Russia and Ukraine Ablaze as Fighting Targets Fuel Supply

Russia and Ukraine struck each other’s energy infrastructure in a series of drone attacks overnight into Wednesday, with major fuel facilities held by both nations ablaze.

What Russia euphemistically called a “drone crash” saw an oil depot near in Taman near Crimea burning with a massive effort underway to extinguish the blaze. According to the Russian government, the tank on fire had contained 20,000 cubic meters (5¼ million U.S. gallons) of oil and the location had been categorised as a four-alarm fire, the highest rating. ---More...