Fire breaks out at largest oil depot in Crimea after drone attack (video)
6.10.2025 - 09:32
Drones hit the territory of the largest oil depot on the peninsula, which supplies fuel to Russian warships and ground units.
A large-scale fire broke out in the temporarily occupied Feodosia at night after a drone attack. This is reported by “Crimean Wind”.
Update 13:22. The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that on the night of October 6, units of the Defense Forces of Ukraine hit the facilities of the JSC “Marine Oil Terminal” (Feodosia, TOT AR Crimea).
“This is a multifunctional technological complex for transshipment of oil and oil products from railway tank cars to sea vessels and back, as well as road transport. Involved in providing the occupation army of the Russian aggressor. As a result of a successful hit, a large-scale fire was recorded on the territory of the facility,” the General Staff noted.
After the strike in Feodosia, one of the fuel tanks exploded, the fire was visible for tens of kilometers.
Before that, explosions were heard at the Saki airfield in Novofedorivka, and later in Feodosia, Yevpatoria, Simferopol district and near Andriyivka, where the Kacha military airfield is located.
It is also reported that a military unit between Yevpatoria and the village of Zatyshne was damaged, where a radar could have been damaged. More than ten explosions were recorded in Sevastopol.
In addition, according to Exilenova, drones attacked the Russian city of Dzerzhinsk, where a fire broke out at the Sverdlov plant, one of the main producers of explosives in the Russian Federation.
The Feodosia oil depot has already become a target of Ukrainian attacks – it was hit in October last year.
According to the assessment of the former deputy chief of staff of the Ukrainian Navy, Andriy Ryzhenko, the capacity of the terminal reaches 250 thousand tons, and it plays a key role in supplying fuel to the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
In previous days, drones also hit oil refineries in Kstov (Nizhny Novgorod region) and the Kirishinefteorgsintez enterprise, which is capable of processing over 20 million tons of oil per year.
Recently, USM reported that the FSB is trying to hide its ships in Crimea in the most remote bays to avoid being hit by Ukrainian drones.
