An oil depot is on fire after an UAV attack: the General Staff confirmed the damage to the oil terminal in Feodosiia
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- Mariia Khamitsevych
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9:51, 07 October, 2024
Oil depot fire in Feodosiia, Photo: Crimean windIn the temporarily occupied Feodosiia, an oil depot caught fire after a drone attack. After the incident, a man-made state of municipal emergency was introduced in the city.
This was reported by the so-called «adviser» of the Russian President in Crimea Oleh Kriuchkov.
«Fire at the Feodosiia oil depot. The calculations of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are working,» he wrote.
The representative of the occupation authorities added that there were allegedly no victims or victims.
Astra reports that the fire occurred after a night drone attack, before which local residents heard explosions
The oil base that is burning in Feodosiia — JSC Marine Oil Terminal — is the largest in Crimea in terms of transshipment of oil products. This oil depot was already attacked by drones in March of this year.
Later, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced that 21 Ukrainian drones were allegedly shot down over Russia and the temporarily occupied Crimea at night.
It is noted that 12 UAVs were allegedly shot down over Crimea, six over Kursk Oblast and one each over the territories of Belhorod, Bryansk and Voronezh Oblasts of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the morning summary of the department does not mention the burning oil plant in Feodosiia.
The Russian propaganda publication TASS reported that a man-made state of municipal emergency was introduced in Feodosiia after a fire at an oil depot.
Later, they clarified that the state of emergency was not implemented due to the fire at the oil depot in Feodosiia, the city administration reported.
«A technical error occurred, the commission meeting has not yet been held, the authorities clarified,» the message reads.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed the information about the attack on the enemy's marine oil terminal in the temporarily occupied Feodosia of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. A fire was recorded in the area of the facility. The consequences of the damage are being clarified.
The Feodosiia terminal is the largest in Crimea in terms of transshipment of petroleum products, which were used, in particular, to meet the needs of the occupation army of the Russian Federation, the General Staff noted.
We will remind that on May 7, a large-scale fire broke out in temporarily occupied Luhansk. The Russians said that the oil depot had burned down and were looking for the «culprits». Late at night, an attack was made on an oil depot, which is located within the city limits. Firefighters worked at the scene.