Ukrainian drones strike oil station in Krasnodar Krai, Tor missile system in occupied Donetsk Oblast, General Staff says
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An oil pumping station in Krymsk, Krasnodar Krai, and several targets inside Russian-occupied territories were struck by Ukrainian drones overnight on April 9, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed.
The pumping station was hit, resulting in a fire on the premises, the General Staff said, adding that the extent of the damage was still being assessed.
The independent Telegram channel Astra reported that an electrical substation on the territory of the Krymskaya oil pumping station caught fire as a result of the strike.
Residents reported hearing several explosions during the drone attack, followed by a power outage.
In the nearby village of Sauk-Dere, one person was killed, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said without commenting on the oil pumping station.
Kondratyev said drone debris fell on a field in the suburbs of Krymsk and on the grounds of an "enterprise."
The Krasnodar Krai Operational Headquarters wrote on Telegram that three people were injured in the attack.
Krymsk is located about 115 kilometers (70 miles) from Ukraine, east of Russian-occupied Crimea.
The General Staff also said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had struck several targets in the Russia-occupied territories.
In the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast, logistics depots near Mykilske, a drone depot near Orlynske, and a Tor M1 anti-aircraft missile system near Kalchynivka were hit.
In Luhansk Oblast, a logistics depot in Perevalsk and an ammunition depot in the Trudove area were also struck.
Ukraine regularly strikes military infrastructure deep inside Russia and the occupied territories in an effort to diminish Moscow's capacity to continue waging war on Ukraine.
Kyiv considers these facilities to be valid military targets, as the energy sites provide fuel and funding for the Kremlin's war machine.
On April 8, Ukrainian drones from the 414th Separate Unmanned Systems Brigade struck a maritime oil terminal in Feodosia, in Russian-occupied Crimea, Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert "Magyar" Brovdi and the General Staff confirmed.
