On the night of March 23, drones attacked the Kuibyshev oil refinery in the Samara region.

The Russian media reported on this.

As a result of the attack, a massive fire occurred on the territory of the refinery. Witnesses reported a large number of ambulances and fire trucks.

Drones hit the oil refinery at around 2 a.m. According to witnesses, the ABT-5 atmospheric and vacuum oil distillation system was attacked.

The governor of the region, Dmitry Azarov, said that all drones targeting the oil refinery had been intercepted. He did not specify why the fire started.

He also noted that the fire had occurred at the primary oil processing column. There were no casualties or injuries among the refinery’s employees.

In addition, he said that no damage nor loss had been caused to the process equipment.

The Kuibyshev oil refinery specializes in the production of lubricants, gasoline and diesel fuel, as well as several dozen other oil products in demand on the market.

It should be noted that a few weeks ago, drones struck the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery and the Syzran oil refinery in Russia.

The attack started a fire on an area of 500 square meters. The fire at the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery was extinguished in half an hour.

As previously reported, Lieutenant General Ben Hodges, Commander of U.S. Forces Europe in 2014-17, noted that attacks on Russian refineries should’ve been continued.

According to Hodges, Ukraine should put pressure on Russian logistics, particularly in Crimea, to make the peninsula unusable for Russian troops.