Russian FPV drones attacked Ukrnafta gas station in Dnipropetrovsk region twice
Russian FPV drones twice attacked the Ukrnafta fuel station complex in Dnipropetrovsk region. The facility suffered damage, but employees and visitors were not injured.
This was reported by Bohdan Kukura, chairman of the board of JSC "Ukrnafta". The company is currently assessing the consequences of the strikes and determining the scope of necessary restoration work.
Ukrnafta called the attack another episode of systematic strikes on the network's civilian infrastructure and emphasized that it continues to operate.
The current strike is far from the first in recent months. Ukrnafta's fuel stations and other facilities regularly come under Russian attacks, especially in front-line regions and Kyiv.
Yes, on September 23 the company reported already the sixth strike on its infrastructure in Kyiv within a few weeks. At that time, a Russian drone again attacked the capital's fuel station. The staff were in shelter, so no people were injured.
Before that, on September 15, fuel stations on the left and right banks of Kyiv came under attack simultaneously. The company called that attack already the fifth in a short period of time.
On September 11, jet drones attacked two fuel stations in the capital, and one of them was hit again in a repeated strike. The company reported significant damage to buildings and critical damage to equipment.
At the beginning of September, the geography of attacks was even wider. On September 5-6, within one day UKRNAFTA recorded four strikes on its facilities in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions. Equipment, buildings and canopies at fuel stations were damaged.
On September 2, a Russian drone hit the Ukrnafta fuel station complex in Odesa region. As a result of the strike, the stationary building and canopy were virtually destroyed, and equipment was seriously damaged.
The series of attacks in August was particularly massive. According to the company, on August 7-8 alone, seven of its fuel stations in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Mykolaiv regions came under attack. One employee was injured and the operation of one of the fuel stations had to be suspended.
After the series of attacks, Ukrnafta began to strengthen the physical protection of its fuel stations. At the end of September, the company reported installing 13 concrete shelters at fuel stations in Kyiv and Kyiv region. Similar solutions are already used by the network in front-line regions.
Source: Bohdan Kukura, Ukrnafta
