Drones attack oil storage facility of the Russian Federal Agency for State Reserves in the Penza region
13 November, 2024 Ukrainian Lyuty attack drone.
2024. Photo credits: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine On the night of Wednesday, November 13, drones hit the oil storage facility of the Federal Agency for State Reserves in the Penza region of Russia.
The ASTRA Telegram channel reported on this. Local residents wrote that one of the tanks was damaged. This is also evidenced by footage taken at the site.
Oleg Melnichenko, governor of the Penza region, confirmed the attack of three UAVs on the region. The official claimed that all the drones had allegedly crashed in a forest and that no one was injured. However, according to ASTRA sources, the UAVs attacked the oil storage facility of the Utes plant of the Federal Agency for State Reserves in the village of Montazhnoye, which is actually located within the city of Penza, at night. According to publicly available data, the plant is engaged in storing and warehousing oil and its refined products.
Penza on the map
The published eyewitness videos show that at least one tank was damaged as a result of the drone attack. Also, on the night of November 9, 2024, Ukrainian drones attacked a gunpowder production facility, the Aleksinsky chemical plant in the Tula oblast.
Results of the attack on the Aleksinsky chemical plant
Local authorities confirmed the information about the drone attack on the Tula region.
However, they stated that the falling debris allegedly damaged only the glass in several detached houses. As a result of video analysis by the Dnipro Osint Telegram channel, it was discovered that a Russian chemical plant in the city of Aleksin was hit.
The released video shows brown smoke characteristic of concentrated nitric acid and nitrogen oxides.
Based on this, it can be assumed that the attack damaged tanks with concentrated nitric acid or a nitration process line.
The Russian enterprise is located about 320 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.