Ukraine Has Paralyzed Russia's Largest Oil Hub Near Samara

Four major oil pipelines converge at this facility.

On the night of October 2, the Samara Region was attacked by Ukrainian drones, and early in the morning, authorities declared a missile alert and urged residents of the region to take cover. Against this backdrop, public transit in Samara was suspended. The regional governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev announced the all-clear a few hours later—at 8:30 a.m. Moscow time. However, he did not provide any information about the consequences of the airstrike.

Local residents posted on social media about explosions near Samara. As Astra determined based on eyewitness footage, the target of the Ukrainian strike was the (LPDS) “Samara.” It is Russia’s largest oil transportation and distribution hub, owned by “Transneft.” The facility covers an area of more than 216 hectares and houses 71 storage tanks with a total capacity of over 1.6 million cubic meters of oil. Four major oil pipelines converge at the facility: “Almetyevsk–Kuibyshev,” “Kaltasinsky–Kuibyshev,” “Nizhnevartovsk–Kurgan–Kuibyshev,” and “Guryev–Kuibyshev.” Thus, the LPDS receives oil from Western Siberia, Tatarstan, Orenburg, and Kazakhstan for further transportation.

Also last night, Ukrainian drones launched a massive attack on “industrial infrastructure” in the Volgograd region, according to the region’s governor Andrey Bocharov. As Astra has determined, a major fire broke out near two adjacent facilities—the Volgograd Oil Refinery (OR) and the “Kaustik” chemical plant. The former ranks among the top 10 largest refineries in Russia and has an annual processing capacity of approximately 14.8 million metric tons of crude oil. “Kautik,” in turn, supplies chemical products to the Russian military-industrial complex.

According to a report from the Russian Ministry of Defense, over the past night, air defense forces “intercepted and destroyed” 646 Ukrainian aircraft-type drones. The drones were detected in the skies over 13 regions and the annexed Crimea, including the Samara and Volgograd regions, as well as the Tula, Kaluga, Rostov, Saratov, and Astrakhan regions. In addition, drones were shot down over the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov.

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