On 13 November, the Defence Forces carried out strikes on the Samara line production and dispatch station in Russia’s Samara Region and the Lipetsk-2 military airfield in Lipetsk Region.
The strikes were confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and by the Security Service of Ukraine.
According to the General Staff, the strike targeted the Samara LPDS near the settlement of Prosvyet in Samara Region. A fire broke out on the site, with several oil tanks burning.
The Security Service of Ukraine уточнили, that the station was hit by long-range drones operated by the Alpha Special Operations Centre. Damage to oil storage tanks has been preliminarily confirmed.
The Samara LPDS is one of the key hubs in Russia’s oil transportation system. Oil arrives here via trunk pipelines from Tatarstan, Western Siberia and other oil-producing regions of the Russian Federation. At the station, oil with different sulphur content is blended to produce the Urals export grade, which accounts for up to half of Russia’s oil exports.
The General Staff also confirmed the results of the strike on the Lipetsk-2 airfield in Lipetsk Region, where Russian military aviation is based.
There, a hangar used to store specialised aircraft servicing equipment, an aviation fuel tank and the airfield’s central command-and-control centre were hit.
The Defence Forces of Ukraine, exercising the right of self-defence guaranteed by Article 51 of the UN Charter, continue to take systematic measures aimed at compelling Russia to end its armed aggression against Ukraine.