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Russia used the Marinovka airfield to facilitate front-line strikes and kept glide bombs stored there. AdvertisementNewly released satellite imagery shows the extensive damage at a Russian airbase after it was hit by Ukrainian drones last month. Ukraine used long-range drones in an August 22 attack on the Marinovka airfield in Russia's Volgograd region, which was used to facilitate strikes on the front lines. A source in the Security Service of Ukraine told Business Insider at the time that the attack destroyed warehouses that stored fuel, ammunition, and highly destructive glide bombs. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Persons: Organizations: Service, Security Service, Ukraine, Business Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Russia's Volgograd
Read previewUkrainian forces used long-range drones to attack a key Russian airbase overnight, destroying warehouses that stored fuel, ammunition, and highly destructive glide bombs. It appeared to mark Ukraine's latest long-range strike on an important military installation inside Russia. To work around these restrictions, Kyiv has relied heavily on locally produced, long-range attack drones to wage a monthslong campaign targeting Moscow's military and energy facilities. AdvertisementGlide bombs are dumb bombs that are equipped with special kits to turn them into precision-guided munitions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that Russia used more than 750 glide bombs in a single week earlier this month.
Persons: , 8SgIMVpQ1f, mXqoVmxVVC, Yaroslav Trofimov, Volodymyr Zelenskyy Organizations: Service, Security Service, Ukraine, Business, Special Operations Forces, Russian Air Force, BI, Ministry of Defense, Russia Locations: Russia's Volgograd, Russia, Volgograd, Ukraine, Russian, Marinovka
A general view shows the oil refinery of the Lukoil company in Volgograd, Russia on April 22, 2022. Two Ukrainian drones struck a primary oil processing facility at the Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday in an operation conducted by the SBU security service, a Ukrainian source told Reuters. Local authorities in Russia said earlier that a fire had been extinguished at the large refinery following a drone attack. The strike is the latest in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian oil facilities in recent weeks, infrastructure that Kyiv sees as important for the Kremlin's war effort. The source in Kyiv told Reuters such drone attacks would continue.
Persons: Lukoil Organizations: Reuters, Local Locations: Volgograd, Russia, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Russian, Ukraine
KYIV (Reuters) - Two Ukrainian drones struck a primary oil processing facility at the Volgograd oil refinery in southern Russia on Saturday in an operation conducted by the SBU security service, a Ukrainian source told Reuters. Local authorities in Russia said earlier that a fire had been extinguished at the large refinery following a drone attack. The refinery is owned by oil producer Lukoil. The strike is the latest in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Russian oil facilities in recent weeks, infrastructure that Kyiv sees as important for the Kremlin's war effort. The source in Kyiv told Reuters such drone attacks would continue.
Persons: Lukoil, Tom Balmforth, Toby Chopra Organizations: Reuters, Local Locations: Ukrainian, Volgograd, Russia, Kyiv, Kharkiv, Russian, Ukraine
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