Samara oil hub hit twice in one week
Ukrainian forces struck Russia’s Samara oil depot and pumping station for the second time in a week, independent Russian outlet The Moscow Times reported on Oct. 7. The first strike on the facility occurred on Oct. 2.
On October 7, Ukrainian forces targeted Russia's Samara oil hub for the second consecutive week, according to independent Russian news outlet The Moscow Times. The first attack on the facility occurred on October 2. Local Telegram channels shared footage of a significant fire at the site following the assault, along with road closures in the vicinity.
Despite these eyewitness accounts, no official confirmation of the latest strike was issued by Ukraine's General Staff, which had previously only reported the October 2 incident.
The Samara station, owned by Transneft, stands as Russia's largest oil transportation and distribution hub. Spanning over 216 hectares and housing 71 storage tanks with a combined capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil, the facility is strategically located with four major oil pipelines converging there. These pipelines include those from Almetyevsk-Kuibyshev, Kaltasy-Kuibyshev, Nizhnevartovsk-Kurgan-Kuibyshev, and Guryev-Kuibyshev, facilitating the transport of oil from Western Siberia, Tatarstan, Orenburg regions, and Kazakhstan.
Following the October 2 attack, a report from the Supernova+ channel estimated the damage to the Samara station at approximately $200 million, taking into account the oil stored in its tanks.
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