Drone Strike Hits Substation at Krymskaya Oil Pumping Station in Krasnodar Krai

Ukrainian strike drones hit an electrical substation at the Russian Krymskaya oil pumping station in Krasnodar Krai during the night of April 9.

Astra reported on this, which analyzed video footage from the scene.

Residents of the nearby city of Krymsk said on social media that they heard multiple explosions over about an hour.

Veniamin Kondratyev, the region’s governor, also confirmed the overnight drone attack, noting “falling debris” in various locations.

The strike targeted the Krymskaya Line Production Dispatch Station, a facility that is part of the oil pipeline infrastructure and belongs to Russia’s main trunk pipeline system.

As a result of the strike, a fire erupted at the 110 kV Krymskaya NPS electrical substation, located directly on the grounds of the oil pumping station.

The targeted Krymskaya station pumps crude oil and petroleum products through several main pipelines, including routes to the port of Novorossiysk and to the Ilsky and Afipsky oil refineries. The facility is part of JSC Chernomortransneft’s structure.

On the night of April 8, drones of the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck fuel storage tanks at an oil depot in temporarily occupied Feodosia.

This strategic transshipment facility for petroleum products on the Crimean Peninsula plays an important role in supplying fuel to Russian invading forces, particularly those conducting combat operations in the southern direction.