At the Russian Samara oil pumping station, up to 10 fuel tanks were destroyed, - media quoting satellite images.
Photos from November 8, compared to photos from October 22, show burned tanks and severe damage to the plant's infrastructure. One of the tanks continued to smoke even six days after the last attack.
The attack on the night of November 2 was already the fifth in this object within a month. Previous attacks occurred on October 2, 7, 10 and 11.
The Samara station is located near Prosvet village and has one of the largest tank farms in Europe - 71 tanks with a total volume of more than 1.6 million cubic meters. Through this hub, oil is sent to the Druzhba pipeline, to the port of Novorossiysk, as well as to the Novokuyevsky and Syzern refineries.
After the attack, Kazakhstan temporarily suspended oil pumping through the Atyrau-Samara pipeline. The works were restored by November 3 after the inspection of the infrastructure.