From 200 to 1,100 km deep into Russia: Ukraine's General Staff provided details of its largest drone attack

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — Tuesday, 14 January 2025, 15:16
Photo: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

On the night of 13-14 January, the Ukrainian defence forces conducted a massive attack on the Russian military facilities at a distance of 200 to 1,100 km deep in Russia.

Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

Details: Targets in Bryansk, Saratov, Tula oblasts of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Tatarstan were hit.

The Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility in the city of Engels in Saratov Oblast, where a fire that had been going on for 5 days after the previous strike had just been contained, was attacked again. The fire was successfully restarted by units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Also, the Bryansk Chemical Plant in the town of Seltso, a strategic facility of the Russian military-industrial complex, was hit. The plant produces ammunition for cannon artillery, multiple launch rocket systems, aircraft, engineering ammunition and components for Kh-59 cruise missiles. Secondary detonation was observed on the territory of the plant, which lasted several hours. In addition, two Russian anti-aircraft missile systems, Tor and Buk, were destroyed, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.

The units of the Unmanned Systems Forces, Special Operations Forces, Missile Forces, the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, as well as Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine were involved in this combat mission.

In addition, the units of Defence Intelligence of Ukraine and the Security Service of Ukraine struck strategic facilities of the Russian military-industrial complex: the Saratov oil refinery and the Kazanorgsintez plant. A fire broke out at both facilities.

Quote: "Targeted and systematic work on the destruction of facilities that supply ammunition, military equipment and fuel and lubricants to the Russian occupation army will continue until the Russian Federation's armed aggression against Ukraine is completely stopped," the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine states.

Background:

  • Russian authorities reported a massive drone attack on several Russian oblasts on the night of 13-14 January, with local Telegram channels sharing videos of large-scale fires at an oil refinery and a factory. Twelve oblasts in the Russian Federation were attacked in total and it is claimed that air defences shot down more than 100 UAVs.
  • The 14th Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment of the Air Force of Ukraine confirmed that they had struck an oil depot in the Russian city of Engels again. As a result of the attack, tanks containing fuel for Tu-160 bombers caught on fire.
  • A number of targets were struck in various regions of Russia on the night of 13-14 January as part of a joint special operation by the Security Service of Ukraine and Ukraine’s defence forces.

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