Another drone attack reported in Voronezh Oblast, Russia
Pravda Ukraine
A drone attack was reported in Voronezh Oblast near the village of Liski on Monday evening.
Source: local Telegram channels; Alexander Gusev, governor of Voronezh Oblast
Details: Gusev said that one of the UAVs crashed into the territory of an oil depot and started a fire. The UAVs were allegedly shot down by air defence and electronic warfare systems.
Earlier, on the night of 15-16 January, the Liski oil depot was attacked. A state of emergency was declared in the area on 17 January due to the ongoing fire.
Background:
- On the night of 13-14 January, the Ukrainian defence forces carried out a large-scale attack on Russian military facilities at a distance of 200 to 1,100 kilometres inside Russia.
- Targets in Russia’s Bryansk, Saratov and Tula oblasts and the Republic of Tatarstan were hit.
- In particular, the Kombinat Kristal oil storage facility in Engels, Saratov Oblast, was attacked again. A fire that lasted for five days after the previous attack had just been extinguished. Units of the Unmanned Systems Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Defence Intelligence of Ukraine successfully set the depot on fire again.
- On the night of 15-16 January, units of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully attacked the Liski oil depot in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast. A large-scale fire broke out there.
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