Ukraine hit Russia's largest oil hub in the Samara region for the fifth time in a month On the night of November 2, the Samara region was massively attacked by Ukrainian drones, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. "Do not publish photos and videos of the results of the attack. Do not be a partner of your enemies. Violation entails an administrative penalty," Fedorishchev wrote in the state messenger Mach. According to eyewitness photographs analyzed by Astra, the target of the UAVs was the Linear Production Control Station (LPDS) Samara. After the impact, which was also confirmed by the Ukrainian monitoring channel Nova Gola+, a strong fire broke out in the facility and a plume of black smoke rose into the sky. LPDS Samara is the largest oil transportation and distribution center in Russia, owned by Transneft. The facility is used for receiving oil, storage and further transportation. Its area exceeds 216 dunams, and the tank farm includes 71 tanks with a total capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil. Four main oil pipelines converge at the site: Almaty - Kuibyshev, Kaltasinsky - Kuibyshev, Nizhnivartovsk - Kurgan - Kuibyshev, and Guriev - Kuibyshev. Oil from Western Siberia, Tatarstan, Orenburg and Kazakhstan comes through the station for further transportation. This is already the fifth blow to LPDS in a month. Before that, drones attacked the station on October 2, 7, 10 and 11. After each attack, a fire broke out in the facility. More details.

Ukraine hit Russia's largest oil hub in the Samara region for the fifth time in a month On the night of November 2, the Samara region was massively attacked by Ukrainian drones, said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev. "Do not publish photos and videos of the results of the attack. Do not be a partner of your enemies. Violation entails an administrative penalty," Fedorishchev wrote in the state messenger Mach. According to eyewitness photographs analyzed by Astra, the target of the UAVs was the Linear Production Control Station (LPDS) Samara. After the impact, which was also confirmed by the Ukrainian monitoring channel Nova Gola+, a strong fire broke out in the facility and a plume of black smoke rose into the sky. LPDS Samara is the largest oil transportation and distribution center in Russia, owned by Transneft. The facility is used for receiving oil, storage and further transportation. Its area exceeds 216 dunams, and the tank farm includes 71 tanks with a total capacity of more than 1.6 million cubic meters of oil. Four main oil pipelines converge at the site: Almaty - Kuibyshev, Kaltasinsky - Kuibyshev, Nizhnivartovsk - Kurgan - Kuibyshev, and Guriev - Kuibyshev. Oil from Western Siberia, Tatarstan, Orenburg and Kazakhstan comes through the station for further transportation. This is already the fifth blow to LPDS in a month. Before that, drones attacked the station on October 2, 7, 10 and 11. After each attack, a fire broke out in the facility. More details.