Ukraine Strikes Samara Urals Oil Hub and Lipetsk-2 Airbase
Verified: 3 outlets have reported this story since Nov 14, 3 of them from Ukraine.
The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on Nov. 14 that Ukrainian forces struck the “Samara” linear production and dispatch station near Prosvet in Russia’s Samara region on Nov. 13, setting multiple oil tanks ablaze at the hub where trunk pipelines blend Russia’s flagship Urals export crude. Concurrently, Ukrainian strikes hit the Lipetsk-2 military airbase in Lipetsk region, damaging a hangar for specialized aircraft maintenance equipment, an aviation fuel tank, and the central command and dispatch post.
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3 outlets from Ukraine, where the story is: The Kyiv Independent, Kyiv Post, Ukrainska Pravda · how we count
- Nov 14, 8:04 AM UTCFirst reportGeneral Staff: Russia has lost 1,620,630 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022kyivindependent.com ↗
- Nov 14, 11:01 AM UTC+3 h· you’re reading thisUkraine Strikes Samara Urals Oil Hub and Lipetsk-2 Airbasekyivpost.com ↗
- Nov 14, 11:52 AM UTC+4 hUkraine's General Staff reports strike on oil facility in Russia's Samara Oblast and military airfield in Lipetskpravda.com.ua ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 14, 11:52 AM UTC · +4 h
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