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The strike on Krymsk hits two of the most vulnerable points of Russia’s economy and military machine.
On the night of April 8–9, explosions were reported at the “Krymskaya” line production and dispatch station in Russia’s Krasnodar region. Local authorities claimed a drone attack, and a large-scale fire broke out at the site.
According to OSINT analysts from ASTRA, the blaze engulfed the 110 kV electrical substation “Krymskaya NPS,” located within the facility. The station is a critical node in Russia’s trunk oil pipeline system and lies about 340 kilometers from the front line in Ukraine. Regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that “debris from downed drones” fell on “one of the enterprises,” but did not specify the exact location, adding that there was “no damage.”
The Krymskaya station is part of the structure of Chernomortransneft and serves as a key logistics hub for transporting energy resources in southern Russia. It operates under the Krasnodar regional oil pipeline administration and connects major pipelines including Tikhoretsk–Novorossiysk (lines 2 and 3), Krymsk–Grushovaya, and Krymsk–Krasnodar, as well as servicing the Tikhoretsk–Novorossiysk product pipeline.
ASTRA notes that Krymskaya acts as a primary distribution hub, directing oil and petroleum products toward the port of Novorossiysk — Russia’s largest oil export terminal on the Black Sea — and to the Ilsky and Afipsky refineries, both of which have repeatedly been targeted by drone strikes. These refineries are strategically important for exporting petroleum products and are also critical to Russia’s military logistics in the southern direction.
As previously reported by The Telegraph, Ukraine has continued strikes on Russian energy infrastructure despite calls from the United States and Europe to pause such attacks amid a broader oil and gas crisis triggered by the war involving Iran.
