Russia Tried to Shield This Oil Depot From Ukrainian Drones. It Still Burned.

Drones struck an oil storage facility in the city of Velikiye Luki in Russia’s Pskov region, triggering a fire at the site, according to reporting by the Russian outlet Astra on February 19.

Fuel tanks at the facility had reportedly been fitted with anti-drone protective structures, but the defenses did not prevent the strike.

The targeted site was later identified as the Velikiye Luki oil depot, owned by the company Pskovnefteprodukt.

The depot stores diesel, gasoline, and other petroleum products intended for distribution to gas stations, industrial users, and transport companies across the region.

Pskov region governor Mikhail Vedernikov confirmed that one of the fuel reservoirs caught fire following the nighttime attack, adding that no casualties were reported.

By morning, Russia’s defense ministry stated that 113 Ukrainian drones had allegedly been shot down across multiple Russian regions overnight.

However, the official summary did not mention the Pskov region, where the oil depot fire was reported.

Earlier, Russia’s Volgograd oil refinery, one of the country’s largest, suspended oil processing after a Ukrainian drone strike triggered a fire, marking the first major refinery shutdown linked to such attacks since the start of 2026.

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