Ukrainian soldier launching a drone. Photo: X / Defense of Ukraine / 82nd Air Assault Brigade
The Ukrainian army hit, last night, two Russian oil distribution facilities in the Briansk and Samara regions, transmist the General Staff of Kiev, quoted by Reuters.
In Samara, a station was attacked that prepares Urals for export. The pumping station feeds the Novorossisk port from the Black Sea with oil and takes over the Kazakhstan oil transport to the Russian ports and the Drujba oil that transports it to Germany.
In Briansk, a station of an important critical pipeline was hit for the supply of the Russian army. The station is part of the storage facilities from Naotopovici, which has been attacked several times this year. “The extent of the damages is being established,” the Ukrainian army said.
It is not yet clear whether the recent attacks had immediate effects on Russia's oil exports. A source familiar with the issue said that the oil transports passing through the Samara pumping station continued, but at a slower pace.
The Russian Transneoft Oil Transport Company warned its customers at the beginning of the month that they could reduce the oil flow as a result of Ukraine's drones on export ports and refineries. It is estimated that the Novorossisk could load, this month, the largest transport volume of recent months.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Telegram that Ukrainian drones were destroyed in Briansk and Samara.
Kiev claims that a military airport in Crimea also struck, following the attack two planes were destroyed.
Ukrainian attacks on Russia's oil installations have intensified this year, especially in the Samara and Briansk regions. On September 20, Ukraine hit a refinery in the Saratov region, on Volga, and another in the Samara region.
Previously, on September 8, the Kiev drones attacked the ILSKI refinery in the Krasnodar region and the “8-n” oil pipeline control station, located near the village of Naotopovici in the Briansk region, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced.
