Ukrainian strikes on October 2 against the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station near Prosvet significantly damaged or destroyed two vertical steel tanks and damaged two others.

Satellite imagery published on October 5 indicates that Ukraine’s October 2 strike against the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station near Prosvet, Samara Oblast (roughly 937 kilometers from the international border), significantly damaged or destroyed two vertical steel tanks with volumes of 20,000 and 50,000 cubic meters, respectively, and damaged two others.

Ukrainian drones struck Samara overnight on October 2.

An oil pipeline operations and dispatch facility in Samara caught fire.

The Samara station is Europe's largest oil storage tank complex and part of Transneft's network.

City and regional authorities issued no official reports of the fire in Samara.

Missile and drone alerts were issued in the city, aboveground public transit stopped running, and the metro was used as a shelter.

According to an OSINT analysis by Astra, the Samara LPDS was likely targeted in an attack and is on fire near Samara.

As a result of the October 2, 2026 strike on the LVDS "Samara" in Prosveta, Samara Oblast of the Russian Federation, damage to eleven RVS-20000 tanks, three RVS-50000 tanks, sections of pipelines, and an automated oil production station was confirmed.

Astra also reported an overnight strike on the Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station (LPDS) – a major Transneft oil storage facility.

The Samara Linear Production and Dispatch Station (LPDS) – Europe’s largest tank farm and part of the Transneft system – was likely targeted in Samara.

Explosions were heard in Samara, followed by a fire at an oil facility, likely the Linear Production and Dispatch Station, hit by Ukrainian drones.