A fire broke out at an oil depot in the village of Poltavskaya in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the regional оперативный штаб said on June 25. According to the authorities, the blaze began after debris from Ukrainian drones fell on the site.
Preliminary information indicates that no one was injured. After the incident, traffic was suspended on the road connecting Poltavskaya to the hamlet of Trudobelikovsky.
The Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported that three tanks caught fire at the depot. According to that source,
one of them was full
The Russian Defense Ministry said air defense forces shot down 269 Ukrainian drones during the night. The ministry stated that the drones were intercepted over 12 Russian regions, as well as over annexed Crimea and the Black Sea.
The report about the oil depot fire came amid continuing strikes on fuel infrastructure facilities inside Russia. The source material also notes that restrictions on gasoline sales had been introduced in a number of regions against the backdrop of such attacks.