Kaluga Oil Depot Is Severely Damaged After Ukrainian Strike
- 28.11.2024, 15:48
Three out of ten tanks were completely destroyed.
On the night of November 25, the Kaluganefteproduct, located in Kaluga, suffered significant damage as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones.
According to sources who analyzed satellite images of Sentinel-2, three out of ten reservoirs of the oil depot were completely destroyed, and the area around other reservoirs is covered with traces of large-scale burnout, DIALOG.UA reports.
The NASA FIRMS system recorded a major fire on the territory of the oil depot at about two o'clock in the morning.
Residents of Kaluga, awakened by the sound of explosions, confirm that a strong fire immediately followed them, but the Russian Defence Ministry once again announced the "interception" of 23 Ukrainian drones, without mentioning the damage caused.
According to satellite images, the attacked tanks belong to Rosneft. On the site there were tanks of various types — from RVS-200 to RVS-1000, where the number indicates the volume of the tank in cubic meters.
The destroyed tanks caused a large-scale burnout throughout the oil depot, which will significantly complicate the restoration of the facility. The oil depot is located near the Typhoon plant, one of the largest enterprises in the defense industry of the Kaluga region.
The plant specializes in the production of complex electronic equipment, including the Bal-E coastal missile system and the Monolit-B mobile radio reconnaissance system.
Although winter conditions and satellite imagery make it difficult to assess the damage to the plant, the fact that the attacked oil depot is close to an important defence facility raises additional questions about the possible consequences for the Russian defence infrastructure.
The context of the attack on a strategic facility associated with the fuel supply and the defence industry demonstrates a new level of Ukrainian operations aimed at weakening the Russian military machine.
This strike was another episode in a series of drone attacks, which, despite claims of interceptions, regularly cause significant damage to the Russian infrastructure.
The situation in Kaluga shows that the war is getting closer to the deep regions of Russia, where its economic and strategic consequences are already beginning to be felt.