Drone attack on Russia: A pipeline station of the "Druzhba" oil pipeline caught fire near Bryansk. Details available in the video.

Around midnight on January 30, Russian media began to publish footage of a fire near three settlements in the Bryansk region — Klimovo, Novozybkovo, and Mamai. This area is traversed by the "Druzhba" oil pipeline, confirmed local residents. Witnesses reported hearing loud explosions near the "Novozybkovo" station, which is part of the pipeline network.

In the Telegram channel ASTRA, the source of the fire depicted in the video was clarified. One of the fires occurred on the extreme northwest outskirts of Klimovo, near the "Kvartal" shopping center. The second fire was located above the "Novozybkovo" substation.

Drone Attack on Russia — Details of the Events on January 30

The Governor of the Bryansk region, Alexander Bogomaz, did not comment on the situation regarding the nighttime strike in one of the regions. Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on the nighttime attack involving five Ukrainian drones. According to the Russian agency, two of them were supposedly shot down over the Bryansk region, and three over Belgorod.

On NASA's fire map, one can see bright spots in the area where drones may have struck on the night of January 30. These bright spots indicate fires whose traces are visible from space.

On Google Maps, one can identify the settlements in Russia whose residents reported the nighttime drone attack. If the "Druzhba" pipeline route from the DW portal is overlaid on the map, it shows a branch heading roughly through Novozybkovo and further to the oil refinery in Mozyr, Belarus. Another branch heads north from Unecha to the oil port of Ust-Luga near St. Petersburg.

The Ukrainian command has not commented on the nighttime drone attack on the Bryansk region and the "Druzhba" pipeline.

It is worth noting that on December 30, 2024, Russian media had already reported an attack on the "Druzhba" pipeline branch in the Bryansk region. Russians claimed that the targets were struck by Ad drones-missiles.

We remind you that on January 29, a fire broke out in the city of Kstovo in the Nizhny Novgorod region: footage from the scene showed that a local oil refinery is on fire.