Media show satellite images of aftermath of strikes on oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast

A satellite has recorded traces of fires at an oil depot in Kalach-on-Don in Russia’s Volgograd Oblast, where explosions occurred on 9 July.

Source: Radio Liberty

Details: The video shows two fires with thick smoke coming out of them. According to Radio Liberty, drones hit two groups of fuel tanks located a short distance from each other. The journalists also note that it was only on Wednesday morning that Russian firefighters had managed to extinguish the fire at the oil depot.

Background:

• On Tuesday night, drones attacked the town of Kalach-on-Don in Russia's Volgograd Oblast. The target was a local oil depot.
• Russian propaganda media reported that the airports in the Russian cities of Volgograd and Astrakhan had restricted arrivals and departures due to the drone attack.
• Ukrainska Pravda sources in the Security Service of Ukraine and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine reported that a joint operation on the night of 9 July had resulted in fires breaking out at the Akhtubinsk military airbase in Astrakhan Oblast of the Russian Federation, at a power substation in Rostov Oblast and an oil depot in Kalach-on-Don in Volgograd Oblast.

Support UP or become our patron!