Drones struck a gas terminal at Temryuk port, an oil refinery in Syzran 900 km from the frontline, and a Grozny skyscraper housing Chechnya's Security Council offices overnight on 5 Dec.
Observers tracking open-source footage linked some of the strikes to a military unit housing S-300 or S-400 systems. NASA FIRMS confirmed fires across Novorossiysk.
Photos from the scene show at least three separate fire sites at the facility. Russia confirmed “port infrastructure damage with ignition” after overnight explosions.
Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries 28 Aug. ignited a 4-day forest fire near Putin's Black Sea palace. Russian authorities deployed 500 personnel and aircraft to extinguish the 41.5-hectare blaze.
Ukrainian drones struck oil refineries producing 11.5 mn tons annually in Russia's Krasnodar Krai and Samara Oblast overnight, with one facility suffering a 300-square-meter fire
A forest fire ignited by falling drone wreckage has expanded overnight to cover 41.5 hectares near Gelendzhik, threatening an area that houses both Putin's Black Sea palace
Ukraine continues its campaign against Russia's fuel production and logistics: drones struck Samara’s Kuibyshevsky and Krasnodar’s Afipsky oil refineries, a Samara station, and a Volgograd train depot.