Flames and a tower of black smoke can be seen billowing into the sky after an explosion close to the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region
Dramatic footage shows how a Ukrainian drone today struck a major oil refinery inside Russia.
The military unmanned flying vehicle was seen low flying to the facility.
A huge explosion was heard ten miles from the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov region, which borders Ukraine, some four miles inside Russia from the pro-Putin puppet state Luhansk People’s Republic.
Flames were visible and black smoke poured from the key strategic facility.
Russian air defences failed to pick up the incoming drone, initially reported to be Turkish-made Bayraktar, but later said to be a Ukrainian UAV PD-1 or PD-2.
Some reports said the visible drone was one of two which targeted the facility.
It caused the explosion while another lay on the ground between two giant oil tanks.
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Ukrainian drone strikes major oil refinery inside Russia in fresh blow for Putin
Flames and a tower of black smoke can be seen billowing into the sky after an explosion close to the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region
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ByWill StewartRussia CorrespondentRyan FaheyWorld News Reporter
09:17, 22 Jun 2022UPDATED09:43, 22 Jun 2022
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Dramatic footage shows how a Ukrainian drone today struck a major oil refinery inside Russia.
The military unmanned flying vehicle was seen low flying to the facility.
A huge explosion was heard ten miles from the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Rostov region, which borders Ukraine, some four miles inside Russia from the pro-Putin puppet state Luhansk People’s Republic.
Flames were visible and black smoke poured from the key strategic facility.
Russian air defences failed to pick up the incoming drone, initially reported to be Turkish-made Bayraktar, but later said to be a Ukrainian UAV PD-1 or PD-2.
Some reports said the visible drone was one of two which targeted the facility.
It caused the explosion while another lay on the ground between two giant oil tanks.
Firefighters attempt to douse the flames at the oil refinery ( Image: social media/e2w)
Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery (Rostov region, southern Russia) on fire after the strike by a drone from Ukrainian side ( Image: social media/e2w)
Workers nearby are heard on a video as they watched the approaching military drone.
Initially they were relaxed as it flew close to them but they swore repeatedly as the unmanned craft struck the oil plant triggering a huge explosion.
One is heard saying: “It came from the Ukrainian side, didn’t it?”
Another answers: “Yes, yes.”
One asks: “Do we stop work?”
Another replies: “The plant is on fire. F***ing run away.”
Novoshakhtinsk refinery is reportedly the largest oil supplier in southern Russia.
It is owned by the Research and Design Institute of Oil and Gas Peton, from Ufa, and previously belonged to offshore companies linked to Viktor Medvedchuk, a close ally of Putin detained by the Kyiv authorities, as had been suggested