Volgograd: Unidentified UAV hits oil refinery

3 February, 2024 Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery. Photo from the company page Unidentified drones attacked an oil refinery in Volgograd, Russia.

The governor of the Volgograd region, Andrey Bocharov, said that the attack resulted in a fire at a Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery. According to Russian firefighters, oil products caught fire on an area of 300 square meters. No casualties reported.

The fire was extinguished around eight o'clock Moscow time. The Russian Defense Ministry reported repelling an attack by seven drones in Volgograd, Belgorod, and Rostov regions.

"Unmanned aerial vehicles were intercepted and destroyed over the territories of Belgorod (4 UAVs), Volgograd (2 UAVs) and Rostov (1 UAV) regions," the Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement. The governor of the Volgograd region, Andriy Bocharov, wrote that on the night of February 3, air defense forces and electronic warfare equipment repelled an attempted drone attack in the Volgograd region. He clarified that the attempted attack took place in the Kalachyovsky district of the region and in the Zakanal'ye area.

The crash of the drone at the Lukoil Volgograd Oil Refinery was also reported by local residents who heard two explosions.