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Ukraine Invasion Day 1,116: Tuapse Oil Refinery hit by UKR [1]

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Date: 2025-03-14

Russian forces launched a series of drone strikes against Ukraine on the night of March 13 to 14.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 27 Shahed and decoy drones from the directions of Millerovo, Rostov Oblast and Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Krasnodar Krai.[88] The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 16 Shahed and decoy drones over Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts and that nine decoy drones were “lost,” likely due to Ukrainian electronic warfare (EW) interference. Russian drone strikes damaged objects in Donetsk and Kharkiv oblasts.[89] Official Ukrainian sources reported on March 14 that Russian forces conducted two drone strikes involving three drones against a hospital in Zolochiv, Kharkiv Oblast.[90] Russian forces conducted the second strike roughly 40 minutes after the first strike, likely in an effort to injure Ukrainian first responders.

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Ukrainian Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces downed 16 Shahed and decoy drones over Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia, Donetsk, and Kharkiv oblasts

Consistent Ukrainian strikes against Russian air defense assets are reportedly allowing Ukrainian long-range drones to increasingly penetrate the Russian air defense umbrella in deep rear areas, including in Moscow Oblast. Krasnodar Krai authorities reported that Ukrainian drone strikes hit the Tuapse Oil Refinery overnight and caused a fire at one of the oil tanks that burned an area of over 1,000 square meters.[29] Geolocated footage published on March 14 shows a burning oil depot in Tuapse.[30] Ukrainian Center for Countering Disinformation Head Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko stated that the Tuapse Oil Refinery is one of Russia's largest refineries and can process up to 12 million tons of oil per year, supporting Russian military needs in southern Russia and in the Black Sea.[31] Kovalenko stated that Ukrainian drone strikes also damaged multiple unspecified facilities in Moscow Oblast on the morning of March 14. Russian authorities and sources claimed that downed Ukrainian drones damaged residential areas in Moscow Oblast while en route to Moscow City and did not report damage to other facilities, however.[32] Footage published on March 14 shows a drone striking a building near the 333rd Combat Training Center in Mulino, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.[33] Elements of the Russian 47th Tank Division (1st Guards Tank Army [GTA, Moscow Military District [MMD]) are also based in Mulino.[34] Sources in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told Ukrainian state-news outlet Ukrinform on March 14 that SBU drones recently struck gas compressor stations in Saratov and Tambov oblasts and a storage facility for S-300/S-400 air defense missiles near Radkovka, Belgorod Oblast.[35]

x Oil refinery in Tuapse continues to emit light and heat for the second night in a row 🤭🤗



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Kovalenko stated that Ukrainian drones were able to successfully infiltrate Moscow City's airspace and strike infrastructure in the area despite Russia's efforts to concentrate air defenses around Moscow Oblast.[36] Kovalenko suggested that Russian authorities have concentrated air defense systems around Moscow City at the expense of other areas in Russia due to a significant shortage of radars and air defense systems. Kovalenko noted that Ukrainian drone strikes have destroyed a significant number of air defense systems and radars both along the front line and within rear areas in Russia and in occupied Ukraine, highlighting that tactical Ukrainian drone strikes have likely significantly degraded Russia's ability to effectively defend strategic-level military and industrial assets in deep rear areas.

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