Satellite Images Reveal Damage to Druzhba Oil Pipeline Facility in Russia
19 March, 2025 Druzhba oil pipeline. Photo credits: transoil.by The Ukrainian strike damaged the Druzhba oil pipeline infrastructure in Russia.
The KiberBoroshno monitoring community has identified damage to infrastructure along Russia's Druzhba oil pipeline, reportedly caused by a Ukrainian strike. Satellite images show that the Unecha linear production and dispatching station (LPDS) in Russia's Bryansk region was hit. The exact timing of the strike remains unclear.
However, imagery shows damage to buildings housing closed distribution equipment at the Vysokoye substation, located on the LPDS territory and supplying power to the facility. LPDS Unecha is part of the Bryansk division of OJSC Main Oil Pipelines Druzhba and is crucial for pumping oil through the Druzhba pipeline to Belarus and European markets via Ukraine.
A destroyed building at the LPDS Unecha substation in the Bryansk region. March 2025. Photo credits: Kiberboroshno
The station also plays a key role in transporting Russian oil exports to the port of Ust-Luga, a major hub for crude shipments from Russia.
LPDS Unecha location in the Bryansk region. Photo credits: Kiberboroshno
The weapon used in the strike has not been confirmed. Given the facility's proximity to the Ukrainian border, it could have been targeted by strike drones or bomber drones.
Neither Russian nor Ukrainian officials have commented on the incident. Local media have reported at least two drone attacks in the Bryansk region, including in the city of Unecha.
On January 30, drone strikes targeted the Novozybkov oil pumping station (NPS), another key facility along the Druzhba pipeline.
The Novozybkov oil pumping station (NPS) in the Bryansk region of the Russian Federation.
Image credits: Google Maps
The Novozybkov station, located near the village of Mamai, is the last pumping station on the Druzhba pipeline before the Belarusian border. The facility is operated by Transneft, Russia's state-owned oil pipeline monopoly.
The result of the strike on the Novozybkov oil pumping station.
Photo credits: Mash
Russia previously reported a December 30, 2024, drone attack on the Novozybkov station, allegedly carried out by Ukrainian Peklo missile drones.
The Russians claim the facility has been regularly targeted since the start of the full-scale war.