Russia has come under attack by multiple drones on Tuesday, with one of those drones reportedly causing a fire at an oil depot in the southern part of the country, and another hitting outside Moscow.
The attack on the oil facility happened in Tuapse, which lies about 150 miles southeast of the Crimean peninsula, with Reuters citing local media to report, “Emergency services put out a fire at an oil depot in southern Russia overnight after a drone was spotted flying overhead, the RIA news agency said on Tuesday.” Crucially, Tuapse is about 500 kilometers from the nearest Ukrainian-held territory, which exhibits significant reach assuming the UAV was launched by the Ukrainians.
The fires which started at the facility at about 2:30am were extinguished after they spread to an area of some 200 square meters. “The oil tanks were not affected. There was no spill of oil products. No injuries,” a local official, Sergei Boyko, described.
Another drone crashed in the Moscow region on the same day, with Governor Andrei Vorobyov saying it was likely an operation to target civilian infrastructure.
“This happened near the village of Gubastovo, the target was probably a civilian infrastructure facility, it was not damaged. There are no casualties or destruction on the ground,” Vorobyov said on his Telegram channel, as translated by the Moscow Times.
“The FSB and other competent authorities are dealing with the situation, nothing threatens the safety of residents,” he added. The Moscow Times notes that unverified reports said the drone was a Ukrainian UJ-22 Airborne manufactured by Ukrjet.
The Russian defense ministry in a statement made mention of another drone attack in southern Russia, close in time to the attack on the oil facility which it says was intercepted:
The attacks — in the Krasnodar and Adygea regions — had been “suppressed” and failed to inflict any damage, it said.
But it followed reports by Russian state news agencies of a fire at an oil depot in Krasnodar, around 240km south-east of the Crimean peninsula, after a drone was spotted flying overhead.
The Russian defense ministry stated that “The Kyiv regime attempted to use unmanned aerial vehicles to attack civilian infrastructure in the Krasnodar region and the Adygea Republic.” It claimed further, “The UAVs were neutralized by electronic warfare units.”
🧵 Air raid sirens & alerts all over Western #Russia including the #Moscow region appeared on TV and radio. "Attention! Attention! Air Raid Alert declared! Everyone must immediately seek shelter! …Risk of a rocket strike!" pic.twitter.com/e0EPkz7XIp
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) February 28, 2023
There may have additionally been a drone incident in the border area of the Belgorod region. The Daily Beast described it as a night of chaos for Russians:
The strikes were part of what local media described as a “mass drone attack” that appears to have intensified in the last 24 hours.
On Monday morning, residents of an apartment building in the Belgorod region, near the border with Ukraine, were forced to evacuate in the middle of the night after one of four drones crashed into the building, according to Baza. Another drone landed on the roof of a supermarket and exploded, scorching the premises.
⚡️Drones filled with explosives attacked the Rosneft oil depot in the Krasnodar Territory — Baza. pic.twitter.com/fustSjPUEj
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) February 28, 2023
And possibly another attempted attack in St. Petersburg:
Hours later, St. Petersburg’s Pulkovo Airport came to a standstill as authorities shut down the surrounding airspace, reportedly in response to an “unidentified flying object” spotted in the area.
⚡️Ukrainian source Tpyxa claims this is a video of the drone that was over St.Petersburg.
Looks a bit like an RQ-4 pic.twitter.com/mkvmzPp9dQ
— War Monitor (@WarMonitors) February 28, 2023
Amid all the local reports coming out of Russia, there were in total possibly half-a-dozen to a dozen or more inbound drones which had been sent against various Russian cities overnight into Tuesday.
This comes after a past year which witnessed a number of sporadic drone and alleged sabotage attacks on sensitive Russian facilities, including military bases, as Ukraine and its backers grow more emboldened.
One December investigative report written by a US special forces veteran said the CIA was behind many of the covert sabotage operations happening with increasing frequency on Russian soil. President Putin has recently said he sees the conflict in Ukraine and West-backed proxy war there as a fight for the survival of the Russian people, alluding to it as an ‘existential threat’ in fresh comments.
The timing of these fresh, brazen attacks on Russian appears significant, given that just within the last few days there’s been some actual international momentum toward getting serious about an eventual brokered peace – this after China unveiled its 12-point plan for negotiated ceasefire on Friday. Will efforts at peace be sabotaged before a process can ever hope to get off the ground? If Russian soil keeps getting attacked, it’s very unlikely the two sides will even come close to seriously contemplating negotiations.
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NATO is now announcing that they intend to grant Ukraine membership into the alliance.
These lunatics are doing everything they can to get WW3 going.
yes they are.
How do you spell “escalation?”
The demonic dipshits are going to get the cosmocide they are looking for…
You didn’t think todays Covid origins hearings would be allowed front and center did you ?
covid origins are a distraction. There is no covid virus.
How’s the weather in Langley and/or Tel Aviv today?
You don’t know me at all, do you? I could give you lessons on jewdar.
Get the popcorn ready !
The previews are over and the main attraction is about to start.
Can’t wait for the second feature, China vs Taiwan .
There were several refinery fires on a single day last week in US & Mexico.
Is it Drones ?
I hope not! DLM. Drones Lives Matter.
Suicidal drones were murdered!
We smell the scent trail of the CIA. This will only galvanize the Russians in the same way that V-2 rockets did the British
Has Commando Solo the airborne propaganda plane entered the game ?
5 Gen. warfare ?
@Euan_MacDonald
Hackers broadcast a fake air raid alert on radio and TV stations in Russia’s Moscow, Leningrad and Belgorod oblasts. “Attention, attention, an air raid alert is announced, everyone go immediately to air raid shelters. There is a threat of a missile strike.”
Same guys that did the phony air raid sirens when Dementia Joe was in Ukraine last week?
How long before Russia sends in Wild Weasels followed by squadrons of TU-95’s? If they can track the origin of those drones I wouldn’t want to be anywhere near it.
I wish they would send some drones to Shitcago. It’s voting month this month coincides with nig nog month.
This is one of those times when you know what’s coming, you tried to tell them so, they ignored you and then they suddenly get what they deserve. When American citizens start getting slaughtered it will be to late to rethink their position. That time is coming and fast I fear.
I hope all these new “immigrants” enjoy being cannon fodder for the USSA.
200 square meter fire = chaos?
Yeah, this is fucking nothing.
Keep poking the bear you covert WASHINGTON DC piles of impacted turds especially the State Department QUEEN Turd Victoria Nuland scamming and plotting to screw Russia !
We as Americans are about to pull back a bloody stump !
All these arm chair woke wanna be warriors have no clue what the Russian & Chinese Military are capable of . They have watched one to many RAMBO MOVIES !
As our military are scolded for not celebrating diversity and wokeness then discharged for refusing to be poisoned by the ChiComs BioWarfare vaccines both our potential enemies Russia and China have hardened their military positions with trained men and state of the art equipment to kill people and break stuff !
MY GOD WHAT HAE YOU IDIOTS GOTTEN US INTO !
Forget Me Not
Last time I checked CIA was a US alphabet agency. US of A is already at war with Russia. Most of the sheeple have no clue how deeply our government…..and military….is already involved. Just a matter of time before it goes hot, question is will it go nuclear?
How long before we are attacked right here
By who? Jabs, doctors, banks, feds, pigs, niggers, spics, kikes?