💥 Attack

Ukraine's Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) carried out an attack on a Russian oil depot in the Belgorod region, resulting in a fire.

March 5, 2024 Dolgoe, Belgorod Oblast

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Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Main Directorate of Intelligence (organization) Gubkinsky oil depot (location) Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (organization) Russian air defenses (weapon_system) Gubkinsky district (location) HUR (organization) Belgorodnefteprodukt oil depot (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

The Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) of the Ministry of Defense carried out an attack on a Russian oil depot in the Belgorod region, resulting in a fire.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drone attacked an oil depot in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on the morning of 5 March, setting three oil storage tanks on fire. One Ukrainian intelligence source says it was an operation by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

Russia claims its air defenses shot down three drones over Belgorod Oblast overnight on March 5.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: uncertain

The drones allegedly were targeted at unspecified 'objects' in Kursk Oblast.

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