Ukrainian Security Service drones behind strike on Gorky oil pumping station in Russia – sources

Iryna Balachuk - 23 April, 13:08

A fire at the Gorky oil pumping station. Photo: Ukrainska Pravda source

Ukrainska Pravda has learnt that drones operated by the Special Operations Centre Alpha of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) were behind the latest strike on Russia's Gorky oil pumping station, which supports the operation of trunk oil pipelines.

Source: Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Security Service of Ukraine

Quote: "Early reports indicate that three oil storage tanks have been damaged in the strike. A large-scale fire covering 20,000 sq m has broken out."

A fire at the Gorky oil pumping station.

Photo: Telegram channel Exilenova+

Details: The Gorky oil pumping station in the settlement of Meshikha in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod Oblast is an important element of Russia's oil transit system and is part of Transneft Upper Volga.

The station transports oil via trunk pipelines, including along the Surgut-Gorky-Polotsk route, and ensures pumping of crude to domestic routes, including to the Lukoil refinery in the city of Kstovo.

Background: Earlier reports said fires had broken out at the Gorky oil pumping station in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast and at a petrochemical plant in Samara Oblast following drone strikes on the night of 22-23 April.

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