Ukrainian Strike Destroys Five Oil Storage Tanks at Palkino Oil Pumping Station in Yaroslavl Region

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) destroyed five oil storage tanks at the Palkino oil pumping station in Russia’s Yaroslavl region.

Satellite imagery published by the Supernova+ Telegram channel appears to confirm the damage.

The strike was executed on June 14. Ukraine’s SOF said the operation was conducted in coordination with the Russian anti-government resistance group Chernaya Iskra (“Black Spark”).

The oil stored in the damaged tanks burned for several days. A large fire and heavy smoke were visible in satellite imagery.

Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces said that the Palkino oil pumping station is a key component of the Surgut–Polotsk trunk oil pipeline, one of Russia’s major crude oil transportation routes.

The station is used to transport crude oil arriving from Siberia, which is then pumped onward to oil refineries and export terminals.

Following the commissioning of the Baltic Pipeline System, the Palkino station became part of Transneft Baltika, a subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Transneft pipeline operator.

The station became one of the key links in the logistics chain supporting Russian oil exports through the port of Primorsk in Russia’s Leningrad Oblast.

In a separate operation, a Ukrainian drone strike destroyed most of the tank farm at JSC Poltavskaya Oil Depot in Ust-Labinsk, located in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai.

Most of the depot’s storage facilities were destroyed. Only a few smaller tanks located away from the center of the fire remained intact.

Following the strike, the fire spread across roughly 5,000 square meters. NASA’s FIRMS satellite monitoring system recorded an intense heat anomaly shortly after 4:00 a.m. on June 6, indicating a major blaze at the site.

The Poltavskaya oil depot distributes AI-92 and AI-95 gasoline, several grades of diesel fuel, TS-1 jet fuel (aviation kerosene), fuel oil, and liquefied gas products to customers across Krasnodar Krai and the Republic of Adygea.