The story has been updated to include confirmation from the General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces. According to both Russian media and Ukraine’s military, a fire broke out at an oil depot in Russia-occupied Feodosia in the early hours of Oct. 7, following a Ukrainian attack.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has confirmed that Ukrainian missile forces targeted the largest oil depot in occupied Crimea, resulting in a large-scale fire. Residents reported hearing powerful explosions around 4:30 a.m. local time, just before the fire started. The Crimean Wind Telegram channel also reported attacks on airfields in Belbek and Saky overnight.
Local authorities have confirmed the incident, but have described it as a fire. Oleg Kryuchkov, advisor to the Russia-installed proxy head of Crimea, stated on Telegram that there were no casualties or injuries reported at the Feodosia oil depot. However, the Telegram channel Astra later clarified that the facility on fire was the Marine Oil Terminal, which was previously targeted by drones in March 2024. During that attack, four drones damaged the main fuel pipeline and caused a fire that took over an hour to extinguish.
The Feodosia terminal is the largest in Crimea for handling oil products, with only one other terminal of its kind located in Sevastopol. The General Staff noted that the facility was used to supply the Russian occupation army, and the full extent of the damage is still being determined.
In recent months, Ukrainian forces have launched a series of drone strikes aimed at damaging Russia’s oil industry, which provides the profits to fuel Moscow’s war efforts.
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