Russia stamps out fires at southern oil pipeline
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 4, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026

Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on March 4, 2025
2 min readLast updated: January 25, 2026

Russian authorities extinguished fires at an oil pipeline in Rostov after a Ukrainian drone attack, with no injuries reported.
(Reuters) - Russian authorities have put out fires at an oil pipeline in the southern region of Rostov sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack, a regional official said on Tuesday, with no injuries.
Apart from the fires, the overnight drone attacks on industrial sites led to no other reports of damage, Yuri Slyusar, the region's acting governor, said, without identifying the damaged pipeline.
"Fortunately, no one was hurt," Slyusar said on the Telegram messaging app.
Earlier, he said workers had been evacuated from various sites in the area, just over the Ukraine border, while Russian air defence units repelled a drone attack near Novoshakhtinsk, where an oil refinery was stopped by similar previous attacks.
Ukraine's military said the refinery was again ablaze.
Reuters could not independently verify accounts of military action by either side.
Ukraine says its attacks within Russia target infrastructure key to Moscow's war effort, in response to Russia's relentless bombing of Ukraine since the war started three years ago.
In December, a fire triggered by a Ukrainian attack burned for hours at an oil refinery in the Rostov region.
(Reporting by Reuters; Editing by Sandra Maler and Clarence Fernadez)
The fires at the oil pipeline in the Rostov region were sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack.
No injuries were reported as a result of the drone attack and subsequent fires.
Russian authorities evacuated workers from various sites and reported that air defense units repelled a drone attack near Novoshakhtinsk.
Ukraine's military stated that its attacks within Russia target infrastructure crucial to Moscow's war effort.
In December, a fire triggered by a Ukrainian attack burned for hours at an oil refinery in the Rostov region.
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