Video: An oil storage facility in Novorossiysk caught fire following a drone attack
On the night of June 8, drones attacked the “Grushova” oil transshipment depot operated by “Chernomortransneft” in Novorossiysk, Krasnodar Krai. The strike caused a fire at the facility.
Local residents reported more than 50 explosions. ASTRA analyzed eyewitness videos and determined that the “Grushova” industrial site—the tank farm of the “Sheskharis” transshipment complex—was on fire. The footage was shot from vineyards on the southern outskirts of the bay, approximately 11 km from the site of the fire.
“Grushova” is the largest oil storage facility in the Caucasus, part of the “Sheshkharis” transshipment complex operated by JSC “Chernomortransneft” (a subsidiary of “Transneft”). The site covers an area of approximately 212 hectares. The underground and aboveground tanks have a total capacity of over 1.2 million cubic meters. The facility is connected to the “Sheshkharis” marine terminal by a system of pipelines and tunnels through which oil is delivered to the berths for loading onto tankers.
“Sheshkharis” is the terminus of Transneft’s main oil pipelines in the Krasnodar Krai. Novorossiysk is Russia’s largest Black Sea port, through which a significant portion of the country’s energy resources reaches global markets. Damage to the terminals reduces Russia’s oil export capacity and undermines the financing of the war.
This was reported by the Telegram channels ASTRA, Supernova+, and Exilenova+.
Previously, drones successfully attacked the occupied cities of Mariupol and Alchevsk.
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