The refinery, located roughly 200 kilometers (124 miles) from the front line, is a strategic logistics hub for diesel fuel and aviation kerosene used by Russian troops, Andrii Kovalenko, head of Ukraine's Center for Countering Disinformation,

The regional Governor Veniamin Kondratiev claimed that several drones had been shot down over Krasnodar Krai. The debris from one of the drones reportedly fell on a technical structure on the 19th floor of the building.

The attack on the major oil refinery is an attempt by Ukraine to disrupt the Russian military's ability to resupply frontline troops.

In the Krasnodar Krai of the aggressor state of the russian federation, an oil depot caught fire on the night of Wednesday, February 5, as a result of a drone

Ukraine struck the Primorsko-Akhtarsk airfield in Russia's Krasnodar Krai with drones overnight on Feb. 6, the General Staff reported. "Confirmed hit and explosions in the target area. A fire has broken out. The results of the hit are being clarified," the statement reads.

Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that 36 Ukrainian drones had been shot down by air defense. These include 18 drones over Rostov Oblast, 11 over Volgograd Oblast, five over Belgorod Oblast, and two over Krasnodar Krai.

It is capable of processing 6.25 million tons of oil per year, and plays a strategic role in supplying fuel to the Russian military. “Its location in Krasnodar Krai makes it an important logistics center for the supply of diesel fuel and aviation kerosene used by the (Russian) army.