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Drone strike on Proletarsk in Rostov region caused flames to spread across 10,000 square meters.

Proletarsk, Rostov
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Kyiv Post Ukrinform Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) oil storage facility in Proletarsk (location) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Main Intelligence Directorate (organization) Kavkaz oil depot (location) Russian air defenses (military_unit) Vasily Golubev (person) Ukrainian Air Defense (organization) Proletarsk (location) Russian firefighters (military_unit) Ukrainian kamikaze drones (weapon_system) Kavkaz plant (location) Ukrainian Defense Forces (organization) Russian military (organization) Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (organization) Ukrainian-made kamikaze drones (weapon_system) Ukraine's defense intelligence (organization) Russian occupation forces (military_unit) Proletarsk oil depot (location) Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Kavkaz oil and petroleum storage facility (location) Russian air defense units (military_unit) Ukrainian General Staff (organization) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (organization) Rostov Oblast (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Following an Aug. 18 drone strike, flames spread across 10,000 square meters and took until early September to fully extinguish.

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian-made kamikaze drones hit the Kavkaz oil depot in Proletarsk district of Rostov region, causing a massive fire

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A fire broke out at an oil depot in the city of Proletarsk in Russia's Rostov Oblast following a drone strike overnight on Aug. 18

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Russian air defense units repelled the drone attack, but falling debris struck an industrial warehouse and caused a diesel fuel fire

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Oil and petroleum products, which were supplied to the Russian occupation army were stored there

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Extracted: 2026-02-17T04:17:38.884Z

Source story: 43026