07/13/2026
On the night of July 13, unknown drones visited the Stavropol Territory of the Russian Federation. For the second time in the past week, a large oil depot was hit there.
A massive fire broke out at the facility, and local officials confirmed the target had been hit. Details were reported by the Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ and the independent Russian publication ASTRA.
What is known about the attack on an oil depot in the Stavropol Territory
Exilenova+ reported on the targeted strikes on a large oil depot near the settlement of Mikhailivskyi in the Stavropol Territory shortly after 1 a.m. They stated that the “barrels” at the Mikhailivskyi oil depot were again under attack.
The network was quickly filled with vivid footage of a massive fire at the facility.
ASTRA conducted an OSINT analysis of footage taken by eyewitnesses and concluded that an oil depot in the Vyaznyki hamlet is on fire – the second to be attacked in this settlement in a week.
The same information was later confirmed by the Governor of the Stavropol Territory, Vladimir Vladimirov.
“On the outskirts of Stavropol, enemy drones are being repelled. As a result of the attack, a fire broke out in the industrial zone in the Vyaznyki village of the Shpakovsky district. Fire crews and other emergency services are working, and the head of the district, Igor Vladimirovich Serov, is also at the scene. According to operational data, there are no casualties,” the Russian official wrote at around 3 a.m., briefly threatening the Russians with “responsibility” for “distributing footage of drone flights, air defense operations, or debris fallout.”
The governor’s warning either came too late or was ignored by the population: residents of the Stavropol Territory delighted Ukrainians with a large number of vivid photos and videos from the scene of the events.
The Falcon Insight Telegram channel reported that “Lukoil-Yugnefteproduct was previously hit,” with the following coordinates:
- 45°06’06.66″N 41°57’21.95″E
- 45°06’33.41″N 41°57’20.32″E
- 45°05’37.36″N 41°56’55.15″E
Later, they drew attention to NASA FIRMS satellite fire monitoring data, which recorded thermal anomalies at coordinates 45°07’27.22″N 41°58’19.36″E and 45°07’14.45″N 41°58’19.14″E.
ASTRA claims that an oil depot next to the railway in the Vyaznyki village caught fire.
“The footage was shot in Stavropol. This is the second oil depot to be attacked in this village in the past week. Another oil depot is located 1.2 km away, which was already attacked by Ukrainian drones on the night of July 9. Kommersant previously specified that the oil depot that was attacked on July 9 belongs to JSC NK Rosneft-Stavropol,” the report states.
As OBOZ.UA wrote the day before, on July 12, satellite images of the consequences of the strike on the oil depot in Tver appeared on the Internet. They show that 3 fuel tanks were destroyed.
OBOZ.UA reported that the Defense Forces had struck oil depots in Stavropol and Tver on the morning of July 9, immediately after the strikes on these facilities.
Every night, somewhere in mafia land, it does what it’s doomed to do: burn.