A new drone bomber may have joined Ukraine’s escalating assault on Russia’s oil industry. On Wednesday night or early Thursday morning, drones operated by the Ukrainian 14th Separate Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Regiment struck a pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline along the Russian-Belarusian border in Bryansk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces use drones with FAB-250 bombs for attacks on Russia. In particular, such drones were used to attack the Druzhba oil pipeline station near Novozybkov, Defense Express reports. The unique aspect of this attack on the Russian oil pumping station was the unusual weapon system used for the operation,

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In a significant escalation of cross-border warfare, Ukraine launched its largest drone offensive yet into Russian territory, resulting in the tragic deaths of a mother and toddler, while successfully targeting strategic installations including an oil refinery and nuclear facility.

On the night from Thursday to Friday, there was an attack on one of the largest oil refineries in Russia, located in the Volgograd Oblast. The information was provided by Andriy Kovalenko from the Ukrainian Centre for Countering Disinformation.