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Drone attack sparks fire at Rostov-on-Don oil terminal
A fire that broke out at the Yug Rusi oil-loading terminal in Rostov-on-Don after a drone attack overnight on Oct. 10 was still burning on Oct. 12, its third day. Governor Yuriy Slyusar said more than 100 drones were downed over the region that night and six people were injured.
RuskiGazeta Editorial DeskUpdated:
Independent outlet Astra geolocated the fire to the Novoshakhtinsk refinery’s terminal, which handles about 2.5 million tons a year.
A railway bridge was also damaged. The attack came hours after Trump announced a diesel deal with Putin.
The fire was still burning on Oct. 12, its third day, and by midday Monday authorities had not announced that it had been contained or put out. The Ukrainian monitoring channel Supernova said preliminary information indicated that seven of the terminal’s 12 tanks had burned and another showed signs of fire damage; the claim could not be independently verified. NASA’s FIRMS satellite monitoring system also detected a fire at the site.
The terminal, with a total storage capacity of 60,000 cubic meters, transfers petroleum products onto sea and river tankers for export and has reportedly been used to supply fuel to the Russian military. In a later update, Governor Yuriy Slyusar said more than 100 drones had been shot down over the region that night, that several fires broke out after the strikes and that six people were injured. Two vessels were also damaged in the nearby city of Azov. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the attack.
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