Bombing of two oil warehouses in mainland Ukraine, large-scale fire breaks out

input2024.04.24 17:39
correction2024.04.24 17:39

Reuters reported that Ukraine again bombed mainland Russia’s energy infrastructure on the 24th (local time).

According to Ukrainian sources, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) attacked two oil warehouses in Smolensk, southwestern Russia, owned by Russian state-run energy company Rosneft with an unmanned aerial vehicle (drone) last night.

SBU claimed that about 26,000 ㎥ of oil was stored in the warehouse, and that the attack caused a large-scale fire and forced employees to evacuate.

“The SBU is destroying military infrastructure and logistics that supply fuel to Russian forces on the Ukrainian front,” the source said, adding, “These facilities are our legitimate targets.”

Last January, the Ukrainian military successively bombed oil terminals in Russia’s Leningrad, Bryansk, and Crimea peninsulas.

Recently, the U.S. government is known to have urged Ukraine to exercise restraint, saying that damage to oil facilities in Russia, one of the largest oil producing countries, could destabilize international oil prices and lead to retaliatory attacks. However, Ukraine is continuing airstrikes on related facilities.

/yunhap news