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Ukrainian Special Operation Forces (SSO) and other Ukrainian forces struck an oil depot of the Kaluganeftprodukt JSC near Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast, causing a fire at the facility on the night of January 17 to 18.

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

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Ukrainian Special Operation Forces (SSO) (military_unit) Kaluganeftprodukt JSC (organization) Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces (organization) Staff of Ukraine (organization) Kaluganefteprodukt (organization) Rosneft (organization) Ukrainian military intelligence (HUR) (organization) Kaluga Oblast (location) Lyudinovo (location) Ukrainian drone (weapon_system) Vladislav Shapsha (person) Kaluga region (location) Ukrainian drones (weapon_system) Ukrainian Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Rosneft oil depot in Lyudinovo (location) oil depot of Rosneft (location) AO Kaluganefteprodukt (organization) Russian Armed Forces units (military_unit) Ukrainian Armed Forces Special Operations Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian Defense Forces (military_unit) oil depot (location) Rosneft oil depot (location) General Staff (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian Defense Ministry (organization) AOR Kaluganefteprodukt (organization)

Source Reports

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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

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A fire broke out on the territory of an industrial enterprise in Lyudinovo as a result of a drone attack.

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Unverified videos showed a bright fire burning at what was said to be an oil depot in the region.

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

The strike on the Rosneft oil depot in Lyudinovo, Kaluga Oblast was successful.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.990Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-january-18-2025