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Ukrainian forces attacked a missile parts factory in Yelets, Lipetsk region, causing smoke and fires.

Yelets, Lipetsk
Likely Reported by 2 independent sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Kyiv Independent

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Entities

Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Selets (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Alpha special forces unit (military_unit) Igor Artamanov (person)

Source Reports

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Stefan Korshak (Substack) → Source tone: likely

Ukrainian forces attacked a missile parts factory in Yelets, Lipetsk region, causing smoke and fires.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Alpha's drones struck a large oil facility near Usman in Lipetsk Oblast.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

A fire started at an industrial facility near Usman, with the fire still being battled as of 2 p.m.

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Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:56:26.177Z

Source story: day-1413b-2026-01-09