According to Ukrainian media, explosives were used in the attack, which managed to destroy three oil tanks.
Ukraine’s military intelligence service GUR claims to have struck an oil storage facility in Russia’s Vyborg region the night before Sunday. Ukrainian online media reported on the matter Ukrainian Pravda and Chromadske based on their own intelligence sources.
According to a source interviewed by Ukrainska Pravda, three explosives were used in the attack. According to Hromadske’s source, three oil tanks were destroyed in the attack. The source of Ukrainska Pravda also says that the tanks contained oil that Russia has used for military purposes.
St. Petersburg newspaper Fontanka according to Vyborg residents report a loud bang at night around 2:45 local time. Later, pictures of smoke rising from the oil storage area spread on social media.
Governor of the Leningrad region Aleksandr Drozdenko however, denied by the messaging service In Telegram claims that the Vyborg oil depot was attacked with drones.
– There was a bang in the area of the old oil warehouse in Vyborg due to the use of pyrotechnics. No injuries, no danger of ignition and no fire, Drozdenko wrote.