THIS is the moment a Russian oil depot exploded in a huge fireball after Ukrainian strike in yet another humiliating blow to Putin.
Plumes of black smoke could be seen rising in the sky from Vyborg after Ukraine pounded the oil refinery near the Nato border with Finland.
East2WestA fire ignited after loud ‘bangs’ at an oil refinery in Vyborg[/caption]
East2WestUkrainian strike targeted oil depot in a bid to damage Putin’s economy[/caption]
East2WestA Ukrainian kamikaze drone hit an oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban in Krasnodar region, where Vladimir Putin has two large palaces[/caption]
East2WestCargo train derailed in Krasnoyarsk region, Siberia, Russia[/caption]
Footage shows the oil depot engulfed in a raging inferno as the Leningrad regional governor Alexander Drozdenko denied a Ukrainian kamikaze drone had hit the facility.
He also denied there was a fire but admitted “there was a bang due to the use of pyrotechnics”.
But Kremlin-loyal media SHOT reported the blast in Vyborg had shaken glass in the vicinity at 2.50am followed by “a plume of smoke and fire”.
It is not immediately clear if it was a sabotage or a drone strike that blitzed the facility.
It came as another blow to Putin as Ukraine has been targeting oil refineries in a bid to damage the despot’s economy and disrupt the war machine.
In the past four months, Ukrainian forces have managed to hit almost two dozen oil depots.
The warmonger has faced even more humiliation as another attack overnight struck an oil depot in his favourite holiday spot where he boasts two palaces.
Explosions were heard in Slavyansk-on-Kuban, in Russia‘s southern Krasnodar region, with evidence of kamikaze drones blitzing the facility.
More than ten drones rained hell from above in the Black sea territory, Pro-Putin media outlet Mash reported.
“One of the downed drones crashed onto the territory of the oil refinery in Slavyansk-on-Kuban,” the outlet wrote.
Russian defence ministry said that 57 had been downed across the Krasnodar region in a major onslaught by Ukraine.
A military airfield was also hit in the village of Kushchevskaya, in the same region with unconfirmed reports of a ship struck in naval port Sevastopol in annexed Crimea.
The damaged ship was reportedly towed away to a repair yard from Sevastopol bay, according to Crimean Wind channel.
Russia claimed it had intercepted nine ATACMS missiles and one UAV over Crimea but some could have hit their targets.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have also blitzed war-torn Russian region of Belgorod.
Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported two casualties in the village of Petrovka as a result of the kamikaze drone attack.
In another unexplained incident, a cargo train suffered a serious derailment on the Trans-Siberian rail network in Krasnoyarsk region.
Five wagons were seen mangled on the line.
Ukraine has targeted Russian rail links which are used to transport arms supplies from North Korea.
A criminal probe was launched into today’s derailment.
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