💥 Attack

Ukrainian Main Military Intelligence Directorate (GUR) and other Ukrainian forces struck the state-owned March 8 oil depot in Tula Oblast, with reports of a fire at the facility.

January 18, 2025 Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast

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Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post UNIAN Censor.NET

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

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Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian forces struck the March 8 oil depot in Tula Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian drone attack on oil depot in Uzlovaya, Tula Oblast caused fire

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

At least ten precise drone strikes hit the oil depot in Tula region in the early hours of Jan. 18

Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

A fuel tank caught fire at one of the facilities in the Tula region

Kyiv Post → Source tone: uncertain

Overnight, 46 Ukrainian UAVs were destroyed over Russia

UNIAN → Source tone: uncertain

Units of the GUR of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, in cooperation with other components of the Defense Forces, attacked a federal state budgetary institution 'March 8' in the Tula region of Russia.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian Defence Forces attacked the '8 March' fuel depot in Delilove on the night of January 18, damaging at least one container of fuel and lubricants.

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

Satellite images from January 21 confirmed damage to the facility caused by the attack on January 18.

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

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