The Safety Service of Ukraine (SSU) has launched a second drone assault on Russian oil rigs within the Caspian Sea, forcing manufacturing processes to be suspended.

Supply: Ukrainska Pravda sources within the SSU

Quote: "Lengthy-range drones operated by the SSU's Particular Group Alpha have efficiently attacked the Filanovsky oil manufacturing platform for the second time this week. One other platform, the Korchagin, was additionally hit. Each amenities belong to Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft and function within the Caspian Sea."

Particulars: Early stories point out that the SSU drones broken vital tools on each ice-resistant rigs, shutting down manufacturing.

The SSU added that the Filanovsky area is among the largest explored fields in Russia and the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea, with reserves estimated at 129 million tonnes of oil and 30 billion cubic metres of gasoline.

Background:

• On 11 December, it was reported that long-range drones from the SSU's Particular Group Alpha struck the Filanovsky oil rig owned by Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft.
• This was Ukraine's first strike on Russian oil manufacturing infrastructure within the Caspian Sea.
• On 10 December, SSU Sea Child naval drones struck the Dashan, an oil tanker belonging to the Russian shadow fleet, within the Black Sea.

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