Local Telegram channels reported a large fire at the
facility after the attack and road closures in the area. They also published
footage showing the aftermath of the attack.
There have been no official reports of the latest strike on
the station. Earlier, Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed only the Oct. 2 strike
on the Samara station.
The Samara station is Russia’s largest oil transportation
and distribution hub. It is owned by Transneft. The facility covers more than
216 hectares and has 71 storage tanks with a combined capacity of more than 1.6
million cubic meters of oil.
Four major oil pipelines converge at the station:
Almetyevsk-Kuibyshev, Kaltasy-Kuibyshev, Nizhnevartovsk-Kurgan-Kuibyshev, and
Guryev-Kuibyshev. Oil from Western Siberia, Russia’s Tatarstan and Orenburg
regions, and Kazakhstan is delivered to the station for further transportation.
The Supernova+ channel later reported that damage from the
Oct. 2 Ukrainian strike on the Samara station, including the oil stored in its
tanks, likely totaled about $200 million.