{"id":1454828,"date":"2026-10-20T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/?p=1454828"},"modified":"2026-10-20T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T07:00:04","slug":"drones-hit-transneft-facility-in-tambov-region-what-is-known-about-the-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/drones-hit-transneft-facility-in-tambov-region-what-is-known-about-the-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones hit Transneft facility in Tambov region: what is known about the attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of October 20, explosions were heard in the Tambov region of Russia, after which a fire broke out at one of the fuel infrastructure facilities. The probable target of the drones could have been the Nikolskaya station, which is part of the Druzhba oil pipeline system.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/exilenova_plus\/33034\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">is reported by<\/a> the Telegram channel Exilenova+.<\/p>\n<p>According to monitoring resources, the attack could have lasted several hours. After the explosions, a column of smoke rose above the facility, and local residents reported a large-scale fire. In particular, social networks claimed that diesel fuel tanks were burning.<\/p>\n<p>An airstrike in the region was reportedly declared at 3:45 a.m. The governor of Tambov Oblast and other local officials had not commented on the incident at the time of publication. Local media outlets also reported explosions and claims of drones being shot down.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"exilenova_plus\/33035\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Nikolskaya station is connected to the structures of Transneft-Druzhba and Transneft-Product. It is designed for the reception, storage, pumping and distribution of petroleum products, including diesel fuel, gasoline, aviation kerosene and fuel oil.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/telegram.org\/js\/telegram-widget.js?24\" data-telegram-post=\"exilenova_plus\/33034\" data-width=\"100%\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The facility is part of the Druzhba oil pipeline system, which is used to supply fuel to the central regions of Russia, as well as for its shipment to the domestic market and for export.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to pipelines, the station&#8217;s infrastructure provides for the shipment of petroleum products into road tankers and railway cars via a special overpass.<\/p>\n<p>There was no official confirmation of the station&#8217;s damage or information about the extent of the damage at the time of publication.<\/p>\n<p>It was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/zsu-urazyly-rosiysku-rls-u-brianskiy-oblasti-ta-sklady-boieprypasiv-na-donechchyni\/\">the Ukrainian military struck a number of Russian army targets on October 18 and the night of October 19.<\/a> In particular, the Defense Forces struck a radar station in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation, ammunition depots in the Donetsk region, and positions of the occupiers in the Kharkiv and Zaporizhia regions.<\/p>\n<p>Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of October 20, explosions were heard in the Tambov region of Russia, after which a fire broke out at one of the fuel infrastructure facilities. The probable target of the drones could have been the Nikolskaya station, which is part of the Druzhba oil pipeline system. This is reported by the Telegram [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":1454811,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76872,76874,76875,76871],"class_list":["post-1454828","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454828","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1454828"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454828\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1454829,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1454828\/revisions\/1454829"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1454811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1454828"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1454828"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}