"Boom! Boom! Boom!" On August 18 local time, in the Odessa region of Ukraine, oil tanks belonging to the Azerbaijani state oil company were bombed by Iranian "moto" Shahed-136 suicide drones launched by the Russian military. This time, the Russians attacked quite severely, completely destroying all the oil tanks belonging to the Azerbaijani state oil company, causing a major explosion and fire. It is reported that the Iranian "moto" strike by Russia at least destroyed 17 oil tanks, burning a large amount of oil and energy aid provided by Azerbaijan to Ukraine, dealing a heavy blow to Azerbaijan's arrogant spirit. Currently, Ukraine has publicly released footage of the oil depot of the Azerbaijani State Oil and Gas Company near Odessa, Ukraine, after being attacked by Russian drones.
Azerbaijani media stated that 17 oil tanks, pump station buildings, and other facilities at the depot were damaged. Azerbaijan has always been preoccupied with Russia "returning" its historical territories, including Dagestan, Ingushetia, and Chechnya. Earlier, Azerbaijani President Aliyev expressed dissatisfaction with Russia's attack on an Azerbaijani-owned refinery located in Ukraine during a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy. If Russia continues to target Azerbaijani energy infrastructure within Ukraine, the Azerbaijani authorities will not only continue their energy cooperation with Ukraine but also re-evaluate the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, there have been multiple reports in Azerbaijan that thousands of mercenaries, including those from Central Asia and the Middle East, will arrive at the Ukrainian battlefield. Training and weapons are provided by Azerbaijan, and the combatants even include Azerbaijani nationals, Chechen mercenaries, Syrian mercenaries, and Turkish mercenaries. With such limited resources, if Azerbaijan sends all its military assets to Ukraine, Armenia would be secretly delighted. This is the way the Russians retaliate: if you want to stand with Ukraine and deliver weapons, ammunition, and mercenaries to Ukraine, then you should be ready to face Russian retaliation! On August 6, Russian "moto" drones hit the Orlovka gas metering station, which had previously been used to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Ukraine. Now that Azerbaijan has openly taken a stance, for the Russians, there is nothing they can do but directly destroy Azerbaijan's investments and energy infrastructure in Ukraine. Azerbaijan is becoming increasingly arrogant with support from Turkey and Israel.
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