fact. A large Russian oil center in Samara, through which oil is exported from Kazakhstan, catches fire after a drone attack. remark. Monday's NASA satellite images showed a thermal anomaly at the Samara oil pumping station. This may indicate a fire. The facility is located a few kilometers from Samara and is a central junction in the Russian oil pipeline network. The storage volume of the station exceeds 1.6 million cubic meters. It also ensures the transportation of oil from Kazakhstan through the Atyrau-Samara pipeline, and then to Novorossiysk or Ust-Luga through the Druzhba system. The current attack is already the fifth in the last month. Previously, UAVs carried out attacks on the Samara LPDS aircraft on October 2, 7, 10 and 11.