Russians Begin Mass Evacuation From Feodosia

In connection with a fire at an oil depot after a drone attack.

So far, they have not been able to extinguish the oil depot in Crimea in Feodosia, which caught fire on October 7 as a result of a drone attack. The Russian-appointed ‘mayor’ of the city, Igor Tkachenko, said that ‘work on the elimination of the fire continues’ and ‘to ensure the safety of people living near the site of the emergency - in the areas of the Black Sea embankment and Near Kamyshy, evacuation was carried out’. In particular, 1,047 people were sent to temporary accommodation centres - hotels and boarding houses. Tkachenko added that the evacuees were examined by medics.

Ukrainian drones attacked the oil depot in Feodosia on the night of October 7. The Marine Oil Terminal - the largest in Crimea in terms of oil products transshipment volume - came under attack. A strong fire started. Apparently, drones hit the facility in several places, as photos with three columns of thick black smoke appeared in social networks. The city authorities introduced a regime of technogenic emergency of a municipal nature, restricting access of people and transport to the affected area. No casualties were reported.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) confirmed the strike on the oil depot, noting that it is used, among other things, ‘to meet the needs of the occupying army of the Russian Federation.’ The agency specified that the attack was carried out by units of missile troops in cooperation with other defence forces. ‘Activities to undermine the military and economic potential of the Russian Federation continue,’ the General Staff stressed.

In turn, the head of the Centre for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko said that they ‘hit not just an oil depot, but an oil port in Feodosia’.

It is noteworthy that the Pantsir C1 air defence system was deployed on the territory of the port, where the terminal is located. This was found out by Radio Svaboda journalists after analysing satellite images. However, the unit failed to repel the attack of Ukrainian drones.

On Monday evening, another tanker caught fire at the oil depot, wrote the Crimean Wind telegram channel with reference to local residents. Before that, the public page reported about two destroyed and three damaged cisterns.

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