The drone attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline near Belgorod - Roszmi

The explosion damaged the oil reservoir in the village of Razne, the sources of journalists say. On the morning of March 3, the drone attacked the substation of the large oil pipeline "Transneft-Swar" in the Belgorod region. On March 4, it became known to the Russian media Astra. According to the media, at about 7:00 "homemade" drone struck the oil depot in the village of smart. UAVs with an explosive device crashed into a 3,000 tonnes oil tank, which was empty.

No one was injured as a result of the explosion, but 4 people were evacuated from the object. Russian media Shot added that a hole in an area of ​​almost one square meter was formed in the tank. According to the Russians, the drone flew from the Vovchansk Kharkiv region. The Russian authorities have not yet confirmed the information about the impact, although Friendship is the world's largest system of main oil pipelines.

It is worth noting that in October 2022 the governor of Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported a fire in a reasonable because of damage to the tank. According to him, an artillery projectile flew into the oil depot. Then diesel fuel was in the tank, which broke out. On February 28, several drones attacked infrastructure in Russia. In Tuapse, the Krasnodar Territory, two UAVs exploded at the Rosneft oil depot, damaging the heat supply and boiler system. A fire began at the site of the impact.