August 18, 2025
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The Russian Federation struck the oil depot of the Azerbaijani state company in Odesa – media

According to Azerbaijani media, this is the second massive oil depot attack”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org

Russian troops on the night of August 18 were hit by drones on the oil depot of the Azerbaijan state company SOCAR in the Odessa region, according to the APA State Agency and Azerbaijan, MinVal.

According to the APA, it was a number of attacks, which causes a fire on the oil depot, 17 fuel tanks, a pumping station building, operator and technical premises, as well as weighing points were damaged.

MinVal writes that all tanks are damaged, the fence of the object is also destroyed.

The total volume of oil depot exceeds 16 thousand cubic meters. Losses and restoration work are currently being carried out.

In their reports, the Ukrainian authorities did not indicate the SOCAR oil depot at first.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine and the chairman of the Odessa Regional Military Administration Oleg Kiper reported that a large-scale fire at the facility of fuel and energy infrastructure in the Odessa district had occurred as a result of blows. More than 100 rescuers and firefighters, volunteers, National Guard fighters, as well as a fire train were involved in its liquidation.

Later, the Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada Ruslan Stefanchuk, in a conversation with Millie Madzhlis, Azerbaijan Sakhiba Gafarova, expressed his solidarity “in connection with the repression against Azerbaijanis in Russia and attacks on Socar objects in Ukraine.” “These crimes are the links of one chain of aggression that we are strongly condemned,” Stefanchuk stressed in Facebook.

According to the Azerbaijani media, this is the second massive oil depot attack. On August 8, the Russian military launched about 10 drones on it, as a result of the attack, partial destruction was recorded.

On the night of August 6, the army of the Russian Federation struck the compressor station of the operator of the gas transportation system of Ukraine, which through which the country of Azerbaijani gas is in the country. It is also located in the Odessa region near the Ukrainian-Romanian border.

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