Ukrainian drone attacks hit Volgograd and Samara, setting a refinery and a major oil tank farm on fire
Open-source analysts said fires broke out at major oil facilities, including a refinery processing about 15 million tons a year and a huge Transneft tank farm.
- On Friday, Oct. 2, massive overnight drone attacks struck industrial sites in Russia's Volgograd and Samara regions, sparking significant fires at major oil and chemical facilities.
- Volgograd Regional Governor Andrey Bocharov confirmed a "massive drone attack on industrial infrastructure" early Friday, while footage showed large fires near the Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka refinery and JSC Kaustik chemical plant.
- The targeted Linear Production and Dispatch Station in Samara, Europe's largest oil storage complex, contains 71 tanks with a capacity exceeding 1.6 million cubic meters of oil.
- One person was hospitalized in Volgograd after the fire, while authorities imposed flight restrictions at Volgograd Airport and suspended ground public transportation in Samara amid the alerts.
- Between Thursday evening and Friday morning, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed its air defenses intercepted or destroyed 646 Ukrainian drones across 14 regions, Crimea, and the Black and Azov seas.
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About the "baven" in Samara and Volgograd.
The Ukrainian military attacked the NPP, the reservoir park and the petrochemical facility in the Volgograd and Samara regions.
These facilities include the one that the company itself considers the largest tank fleet (LPDS Samara) on the continent with capacity for more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil
Defense forces strike oil facilities in Russia's Samara and Volgograd regions – Zelenskyy
Ukrainian defense forces have struck oil facilities in Samara and Volgograd regions of the Russian Federation; successful strikes were also carried out against airfields, industrial plants, oil refineries, a rocket and space center, and an ammunition depot belonging to the occupiers in other Russian regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported.
<p>Oil facilities and not only - Zelensky confirmed the damage in the Black Sea and five regions of the Russian Federation Zelensky announced the destruction of oil facilities in the Samara and Volgograd regions of the Russian Federation. There have also been reports of attacks on targets in the Black Sea and four other regions.</p>
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