On the night of October 12, the Ukrainian Defense Forces struck a fuel and lubricants warehouse near the city of Rovenky in the temporarily occupied territory of the Luhansk region.
Updated at 09:35. The information has already been confirmed by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Strike on fuel depot in Rovenky, Luhansk region, October 12: what is known
Local residents were the first to report a fire in Rovenki, Luhansk region, on October 12.
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Eyewitnesses claimed that they heard explosions in the area of the oil depot before the outbreak.
According to them, it was a drone attack.
Then the fire in Rovenki, Luhansk region, was also tracked by the NASA Firms service, which recorded the burning on north-eastern outskirts cities.
Later, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed that they had hit a fuel and lubricants depot in Rovenki, Luhansk Oblast.
The mission, Ukrainian defenders note, was carried out by the forces and resources of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine together with other components of the Defense Forces.
A fire started at the base where oil and oil products were stored (which, in particular, were supplied for the needs of the Russian army).
The Ukrainian side is still clarifying the results of the damage.
We recall that the fire at the oil depot in Rovenki was already burning on May 10.
The occupation authorities then reported that there was allegedly one dead and several injured.
Rovenki on the map
Rovenki is located in the south of the Luhansk region.
Russian invaders occupied the city in 2014.
The full-scale war in Ukraine has been going on for 962 days.
The situation in the cities can be monitored on the interactive map of military operations in Ukraine and on the map of air raids in Ukraine.
