According to new data, most of the pumping units have been put out of service.
A satellite photo of the consequences of the strike was published by the Dnipro Osint Telegram channel on Tuesday, September 2. The photo appeared a week after the last attack by Ukrainian drones on the oil pumping station.
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"The strikes put out of service most of the pumping units," a comment to the photo reads.
As can be seen in the published satellite photo, the building of the pumping station was destroyed as a result of the attack and the fire, its roof collapsed along the entire length of the structure. Several technical rooms as well as part of the technological equipment were also destroyed. Most of the pumping units are out of order.
The Unecha oil pumping station plays a key role in the transportation of russian oil.
It provides raw material for two oil pipelines, one of which is the Druzhba pipeline, through which oil flows to Slovakia and Hungary. russian oil is also transported to the port of Ust-Luga by another pipline via the Unecha oil pumping station.
The Unecha oil pumping station has a throughput capacity of up to 60 million tons of raw material per year.
The Defense Forces of Ukraine launched a ground attack on this facility on August 12, which led to the destruction of two pumping stations as well as equipment located nearby.
On August 21, operators of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces launched a second strike on the oil pumping station in Unecha. As a result of the impact, the main pumping unit, located at coordinates: 52.764094, 32.935041, was completely disabled.
As Defense Express reported, earlier Ukraine's General Staff Confirmed Strike on Syzran Oil Refinery in russia's Samara Region.
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