SBU hit Russian oil production infrastructure in the Caspian Sea

This was reported by UNIAN sources in the Ukrainian security service.

Fighters of the Ukrainian Security Service's Alpha special operations centre have attacked the oil production platform named after Filanovskyy of the Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft company with drones. Filanovskyi oil production platform of Lukoil-Nizhnevolzhskneft. At least four hits were recorded. According to the publication's sources, this will stop oil production at dozens of Russian wells.

At least four hits were recorded on an offshore platform. The attack has halted oil and gas production from more than 20 wells it serves, " the sources said.

The Filanovsky field is one of the largest in the world. Filanovsky is one of the largest fields developed in Russia and in the Russian sector of the Caspian Sea. Its reserves amount to 129 million tonnes of oil and 30 billion cubic metres of gas. UNIAN emphasises that this is the first defeat by Ukrainian forces of Russian oil-related infrastructure in the Caspian Sea.

"So-called "cotton" in the Caspian Sea is yet another reminder to the Russian Federation that all of its enterprises working for war are legitimate targets. Wherever they are located, " said the publication's source in the intelligence service.

Earlier Socialportal wrote that the USA imposed sanctions against two major Russian oil companies, including PJSC Lukoil and six of their subsidiaries.