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A Ukrainian drone struck an oil depot near Stary Oskol in Belgorod Oblast, causing a fire at an oil tank that was quickly extinguished.

Stary Oskol, Belgorod Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources
Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Post Ukrinform

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Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) fuel depot (organization) Ukrainian Unmanned Systems Forces (military_unit) Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Oskolneftesnab fuel depot (location) Oskolnaftopostachannia (location) Gubkinsky oil depot (location) Belgorodnefteprodukt (organization) Rosneft (organization) Belgorod region (location) Vyacheslav Gladkov (person) Ukrainian drone (weapon_system) oil depot (organization) Ukrainian UAV (weapon_system) oil depot near Stary Oskol (location)

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drone struck oil depot near Stary Oskol causing fire

Kyiv Post → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drone attacked an oil depot in the Stary Oskol district of Belgorod region, causing one tank to catch fire

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ten firefighting units were on site and promptly extinguished the blaze with no injuries reported

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian UAV targeted an oil depot near Stary Oskol, one tank caught fire as a result of the explosion

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

Ten fire brigades were on site and quickly extinguished the blaze

Ukrinform → Source tone: certain

There were no casualties

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:36.947Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-november-12-2024