SBU drones hit Russian oil platforms in Caspian Sea for third time this week

This was the third attack in the past week. This time, the strike hit a platform at the Korchagin oil and gas condensate field. As a result of damage to the facility’s critical equipment, production processes were halted, the sources said.

Earlier, SBU drones struck the Filanovsky and Korchagin oil production platforms on Dec. 11 and 12. The Filanovsky field is one of the largest discovered in Russia and in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, with reserves estimated at 129 million tons of oil and 30 billion cubic meters of gas.

As the source noted, the SBU continues operations aimed at reducing Russia’s ability to finance its war against Ukraine.

“No Russian facility working for the war is safe, regardless of its location,” the source added.

Earlier on Dec. 12, Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed a strike on one of the largest oil refineries of the Russian occupiers — Slavneft-YANOS in Russia’s Yaroslavl Oblast. The refinery is capable of processing up to 15 million tons of oil and gas condensate per year and is also involved in supplying Russia’s occupying forces.