Ukraine Reports Strikes on Samara Oil Facility and Lipetsk Airfield
Ukraine's General Staff said its forces hit an oil transfer station in Russia's Samara region and a military airfield in the Lipetsk region on Friday. A fire broke out at the Samara site, and several airfield facilities were destroyed.
Ukraine's armed forces carried out attacks on two targets inside Russia on Friday, 13 November: the "Samara" oil transfer station in Russia's Samara region and the Lipetsk-2 military airfield in the Lipetsk region. Ukraine's General Staff announced this on Saturday, 14 November, confirming the results of the strikes. Such attacks target Russian military and oil infrastructure linked to the war effort.
Fire at the oil station
A fire broke out at the "Samara" oil production and distribution station, located near the village of Prosveta, and several oil tanks are burning.
The Samara oil depot receives and stores crude oil, blends different grades and ensures its onward transport. Among other things, it produces the "Urals" export crude blend.
Damage at the airfield
The General Staff reported that at Lipetsk-2 a hangar storing special equipment used to service aircraft was destroyed. A jet fuel tank and the airfield's central control point were also destroyed.
Ukrainian media project UNITED24 Media said on social media that Ukrainian drones hit a Russian oil terminal and a military airfield in two separate strikes. The source gives no information on casualties and no comment from the Russian side.
