💥 Attack

Drones attacked the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar Krai, damaging a fractionating column.

April 27, 2024 Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Krai

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Ukrinform Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

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Source Reports

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Ukrinform → Source tone: likely

The administration of the Slavyansk-on-Kuban district in the Krasnodar Krai confirmed the attack on the local refinery. The fractionating column was damaged.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

More than 10 drones attempted to attack an oil refinery, a bitumen factory and a military airfield in Russia's Kuban on the night of 26-27 April

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Governor Veniamin Kondratyev noted that more than 10 drones were suppressed in the Slavyansky, Seversky and Kushchovsky districts

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

An attack on April 27 reportedly hit key technological objects and damaged several aircraft at the same facilities

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces successfully conducted drone strikes against a Russian airfield and oil refineries in Krasnodar Krai on the night of April 26 to 27

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

First drone strike on Kushchevskaya airfield occurred night of April 27

UNIAN → Source tone: likely

Warehouse with universal modular kits for converting bombs destroyed, along with radar and EW systems

Censor.NET → Source tone: likely

A distillation column was damaged during a drone attack on the Slavyansk ECO oil refinery, causing a fire.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:17:05.451Z

Source story: 3857381-drones-attack-oil-refinery-military-airfield-in-russias-kuban-region-media