A coordinated drone assault ignited fires at key energy facilities in southern Russia and the occupied Crimean Peninsula, reported early Sunday morning, June 28.
The primary target inside Russian territory was the Slavyansk oil refinery, located in the town of Slavyansk-na-Kubani in the Krasnodar region. Following a series of explosions, a massive fire engulfed parts of the facility.
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The Krasnodar region operational headquarters acknowledged the incident, attributing the blaze to falling drone debris. Regional Governor Veniamin Kondratyev confirmed the fire at the refinery and reported that the attack also damaged a local power line, a gas pipe, and several private homes. Kondratyev stated that the strike resulted in one fatality and one injury.
While local authorities did not specify the scale of the damage at the plant, eyewitness accounts and footage shared on social media depicted thick smoke and intense flames emerging from the territory.
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) groups and NASA’s FIRMS satellite data corroborated the presence of active fire zones. The data suggests the blazes were concentrated near fuel reservoirs and a separate oil and gas stabilization unit owned by RN-Krasnodarneftegaz.
