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Slavyansk refinery razed after security chief rejected three-tier anti-drone advice

Published 3 July 2026

A Russian security consultant recounts how, roughly six months before the strike, he pitched the Slavyansk-on-Kuban refinery on a layered three-tier drone-defence concept. The site’s security head dismissed the proposal, asserting that Ukrainian drones could not reach the facility on Starlink links and that FPV threats had not yet materialised — relying instead on riflemen for point defence. The specific risk flagged but ignored was Ukraine using the Lyuty heavy UAV as an airborne relay and mother ship to shepherd FPV drones to distant targets. The refinery has since been destroyed; the fire at the facility is confirmed by the Krasnodar region governor’s official statement.

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