Crimea’s Largest Oil Depot Burns After UAV Attack (Photo, Video)

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According to Telegram channels, the burning oil depot – JSC “Marine Oil Terminal” – is the largest in Crimea in terms of transshipment of oil products.

In the temporarily occupied Feodosia in Crimea, an oil depot is burning after a drone attack . As Russian Telegram channels write, residents heard explosions before the fire.

Local “authorities” later confirmed the fire.

“A fire has broken out at the Feodosia oil depot. Emergencies Ministry crews are working. There are no victims or injured. Deputy Prime Minister Igor Mikhailichenko has left for Feodosia,” writes “adviser to the head of Crimea” Kryuchkov, citing “head of the Feodosia administration” Igor Tkachenko.

As Astra writes , the burning oil depot is JSC “Marine Oil Terminal”. It is the largest in Crimea in terms of oil product transshipment volumes. There are only two such terminals on the peninsula, the second is located in Sevastopol.

Moreover, the terminal had already been attacked by Ukrainian Armed Forces drones in March 2024. Then, 4 drones fell on the territory of JSC Marine Oil Terminal. The main fuel pumping pipeline was damaged, and a fire broke out. The same oil depot had already been attacked in December and November last year.

Pozhezha at the oil depot near FeodosiaPozhezha at the oil depot near Feodosia

Updated 8.20. As “Krymskiy Veter” writes , smoke from the Feodosia oil depot rises in three “columns”, which may indicate three main sources of ignition. At the same time, subscribers of the channel report that before the explosions at the oil depot there was a sound similar to the sound of an airplane.

And the Russian Ministry of Defense announced a night attack by drones, and, as always, “they shot them all down.”

“Twenty-one Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed. Twelve UAVs were shot down over the territory of the Republic of Crimea, six UAVs were destroyed over the territory of the Kursk region, and one UAV each over the territories of the Belgorod, Bryansk and Voronezh regions,” the statement said.

Attacks by Ukrainian UAVs

On the night of Monday, October 7, seven powerful explosions were heard in the area of the military airfield “Saki” in Crimea . At the same time, at about one o’clock in the morning, a strong fire broke out in the area of the Belbek airfield.

Several days ago, Ukrainian drones attacked the Borisoglebsk military airfield in the Voronezh region of Russia. According to the SBU, the attack targeted warehouses with KABs, parking lots for SU-35 and SU-34 aircraft, and storage areas for aviation fuel.

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