Oil or fuel facility

Kursk-Khalino airfield fuel storage — drone-strike fire

6 December 2022

Kursk, Russia

What happened

A drone strike ignited an oil-product storage tank at the Kursk-Khalino military airfield, regional governor Roman Starovoyt said. The fire was contained and no casualties were reported. The attack followed strikes on Russian strategic-bomber bases the previous day, but Ukraine did not publicly claim responsibility and the available reporting did not establish the tank's capacity or wider operational impact on the airfield.

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Evidence
Documented
Confidence
High
Infrastructure
Oil or fuel facility
Latitude
51.7500°
Longitude
36.3000°

Attribution

Attributed to Ukraine

Russian attribution; Ukraine did not publicly claim the strike.

Sources

  1. Drone attack hits oil storage tank at airfield in Russia's Kursk regionThe Guardian · Incident reporting