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Ukrainian forces struck two Russian oil depots located in the Kaluga and Tula oblasts on the night of January 17 to 18.

Ludynovo, Kaluga Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 4 sources
Kyiv Post UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent

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Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck two Russian oil depots in Kaluga and Tula oblasts

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Special Operations Forces units successfully struck an oil depot belonging to Rosneft in the Kaluga region of Russia.

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck an oil depot near Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast causing a fire

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drones attacked oil depot in Kaluga Oblast causing large fire

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:12.190Z

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