It is noted that residents of Rostov-on-Don reported explosions. The governor of the region, Yurii Slyusar, confirmed the "fire" and noted that the air defense forces were working. He also claimed to have shot down at least 50 drones from last night.
The ASTRA OSINT analyst, after analyzing the video, came to the conclusion that the Yug Rusy oil terminal in the Zheleznodorozhny district of Rostov-on-Don was on fire. This facility provides transshipment of products of the Novoshakhtynskyi Oil Products Plant and other suppliers, in particular for export, is used to provide the Russian army with fuel and receive foreign exchange earnings. The design capacity ofthe facility is about 2.5 million tons per year.
The name "Yug Rusy" has been used for this terminal since 2009, when the group of companies of the same name commissioned the first stage of the Novoshakhtynskyi Oil Products Plant and the oil loading terminal. However, in official documents, OJSC "Novoshakhtynsky Oil Products Plant", a branch of "Rostovsky", uses the name "NZNP oil loading terminal" for its terminal for transshipment of oil products.
