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UAV event in Lipetsk, Streletskie Khutora, Usmanskaya Oil Depot area, Russian Federation on Tue 6th January 2026

6th January 2026

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The Usman oil depot in the Lipetsk region has been attacked and is on fire, according to ASTRA OSINT analysis.

On the night of December 6, residents of Usman, Lipetsk region, reported explosions and a fire at the oil depot. The governor confirmed the fire at the industrial facility, without naming the location.

"After a drone crashed, a fire broke out at an industrial facility in the Usman District. According to preliminary information, there are no casualties. Emergency services are working at the scene," the regional governor wrote.

According to an ASTRA analysis of eyewitness footage posted online, the Usmanskaya Oil Depot LLC, located in the village of Streletskie Khutora, caught fire after the attack. For example, the video published by the Ukrainian project Exilenova+, according to an ASTRA analysis, was filmed from Zheleznodorozhnaya Street. The distance from the filming location to the oil depot is 1.9 km.

According to publicly available data, Usmanskaya Oil Depot LLC is engaged in the sale, storage, and transshipment of petroleum products, and also provides petroleum product transportation services using its own vehicles.

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