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- Ukraine has carried out its most far-reaching attack against Russia ever, with drone attacks on an oil refinery and a drone factory in Tatarstan, 1,300 kilometers from the front line.
- Now residents of Yekaterinburg, 2,000 kilometers from the front line, are being warned about possible drone attacks.
- Ukrainian forces have long attacked Russian oil refineries to choke Russia’s biggest source of income.
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On Tuesday, an oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk and a drone factory in Yelabuga in the Russian Republic of Tatarstan, about 1,300 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine, were hit by Ukrainian drone attacks.
It is the most far-reaching attack Ukraine has managed to carry out against Russia since Vladimir Putin’s brutal war machine launched a full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Now even residents of the big city Yekaterinburg, 2,000 kilometers away from the front line in Ukraine, are being warned about drone attacks, https://twitter.com/francis_scarr/status/1775467990898614439.
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This is what the posters say
Scarr monitors Russian media for BBC Monitoring, and is constantly used as an expert by the British national broadcaster.
The BBC journalist reports that residents of Yekaterinburg, Russia’s fourth largest city, are now sharing information from the Russian authorities on how to behave during a drone attack.
Warning Europe
The posters say, among other things, that:
“If you are on the street: Seek shelter quickly in a nearby building, underground passage or parking garage.”
“If you are in a building: If possible, go down to the lower floors, the basement or the car park. Do not use the elevator.”
“In an apartment, find a space without windows, between load-bearing walls. As a rule, this is the bathroom. Sit on the floor.”
Överstelöjtnant Joakim Paasikivi believes that if the war between Russia and Ukraine is not over within the next two years, it could continue for an uncomfortably long time. Video: Expressen/AP. Reporter: Christina H. Korneliussen
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Will choke the income
Such information posters are primarily intended for residents of regions bordering Ukraine. The Ukrainian authorities have for over a year invested heavily in their own production of drones.
The day before the attacks against Tatarstan, the Ukrainian authorities came out and said that they had now produced drones that could reach targets over 1,000 kilometers away, writes the New York Times.
The national blood mist
The attacks against Tatarstan join a pattern. Ukrainian forces have been carrying out attacks against Russian oil refineries for a long time. The aim is to strangle Russia’s biggest source of income.
According to the Reuters news agency’s calculations, 14 percent of Russia’s refining capacity has been put out of action.
In February, Russia captured the strategically important Ukrainian town of Avdijivka, and since then fighting has raged on the western side of the town. On Sunday 31 March, the Ukrainian defense force published new footage, which should show one of the most extensive Russian advances in the area in six months. Reporter: Jostein Sletten / Dagbladet
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Pictures show hits
Russian authorities claim that they prevented the attack on the oil refinery in Nizhnekamsk in Tatarstan.
However, Reuters has analyzed images from the scene. The images suggest that the Ukrainian drone hit the most important department, CDU-7 at the Taneco refinery, which accounts for around half of the production capacity.
– Another crack in Putin’s regime
The Taneco refinery is the third largest and one of the newest in Russia, with a capacity of 360,000 barrels per day. The affected unit produces up to 155,000 barrels of refined oil per day.
In the town of Yelabuga, not far from Nizhnekamsk, images suggest that the Ukrainian attack caused extensive damage to a Russian drone factory. The factory produces long-range Iranian kamikaze drones, so-called Shahed drones, under license.
