There was no immediate comment from SOCAR, which operates around 60 fuel stations across Ukraine, or Azerbaijani officials. Russia has not publicly commented on the matter. Ukraine's energy minister told reporters in Kyiv it was "hard to assess the damage" and said rescue crews were still at work.

Russians struck the SOCAR oil depot in the Odesa region with Shahed drones on the night of August 18. This is the second Russian attack in the last 2 weeks, according to Azerbaijani media outlets Minval and Apa.