Long-range drones of the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine struck oil pumping stations on the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk pipeline in Russia’s Volgograd and Samara oblasts on the night of Friday 19-20 September.

Source:Ukrainska Pravda, citing its sources in law enforcement

Details: The pipeline is used to export oil through the port of Novorossiysk.

Sources report that fires broke out at:

• Zenzevatka station (in the town of Zenzevatka, Volgograd Oblast, Russia)
• Sovkhoznaia-2 station (in the town of Progress, Samara Oblast, Russia)
• Samara linear production dispatch station (in the town of Prosvet, Samara Oblast, Russia)

The Ukrainian drone attacks have halted operations at the stations and stopped the pumping of oil.

Quote from the source: "This infrastructure generates petrodollar revenues for the Russian budget that fuel the war against Ukraine. Efforts to cut off these cash flows will continue."

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