💥 Attack

Ukrainian forces attacked the Gerkon Plus oil storage base in Usman, Lipetsk region, setting it on fire.

Usman, Lipetsk
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Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent Institute for the Study of War

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Ukrainian forces attacked the Gerkon Plus oil storage base in Usman, Lipetsk region, setting it on fire.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

SSU drones also struck the Gerkon Plus oil depot in the settlement of Streletskie Khutora, Lipetsk Oblast

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Long-range drones operated by the agency’s Alpha special forces unit struck... an oil facility in Lipetsk Oblast.

Ukrainian forces struck the Gerkon Plus oil depot near Streletskie Khutora, Usmansky Okrug, Lipetsk Oblast.

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

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