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SBU drones struck a Russian offshore oil production platform at the Korchagin oil and gas condensate field in the Caspian Sea for the third time in a week, damaging critical equipment and forcing operations to halt.

Caspian Sea
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Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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SBU drones struck a Russian offshore oil production platform at the Korchagin field, damaging critical equipment and forcing operations to halt

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

The source spoke on condition of anonymity

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Korchagin's 2023 oil production was about 7.33 million barrels (roughly 20,000 barrels per day) with a capacity of 1 billion cubic meters a year

Ukrainian forces struck a Lukoil oil platform in the Caspian Sea and damaged the Korchagin field

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Extracted: 2026-02-19T12:22:06.351Z

Source story: sbu-drones-hit-russian-caspian-sea-oil-platform-for-third-time-in-a-week-source-says