{"id":1359674,"date":"2026-02-19T08:23:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/drones-hit-the-pskov-region-an-oil-depot-caught-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T08:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T06:23:22","slug":"drones-hit-the-pskov-region-an-oil-depot-caught-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/drones-hit-the-pskov-region-an-oil-depot-caught-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"Drones hit the Pskov region: an oil depot caught fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On the night of Thursday, February 19, drones attacked an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region, Russia. After the strike, a fire broke out at the facility.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported by Russian Telegram channels.<\/p>\n<p> The information was later confirmed by the Governor of the Pskov Region, Mikhail Vedernikov. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1359666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2-771x1024.jpg 771w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2-226x300.jpg 226w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2-768x1020.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2-490x650.jpg 490w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-1-2.jpg 964w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 771px) 100vw, 771px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> According to him, one of the fuel tanks caught fire as a result of a drone attack at the Velikolutsk oil depot. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-3-2-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1359669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-3-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-3-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-3-2-488x650.jpg 488w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/original-3-2.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> Vedernikov claims that, according to preliminary data, there are no casualties.<\/p>\n<p> Monitoring channels suggest that the affected oil depot may have been used for storage and transshipment of petroleum products.<\/p>\n<p> In addition, nearby is an important railway connection for Russia, which is used for transporting goods.<\/p>\n<p> Recall that on the morning of Wednesday, February 18, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vybukhy-u-cheboksarakh-drony-doletily-do-oboronnoho-zavodu\/\">several powerful explosions thundered in Cheboksary (Chuvashia)<\/a> . Local residents report a drone attack and smoke in the industrial zone of the city.<\/p>\n<p> As reported, on the night of Tuesday, February 17, drones attacked several regions of the Russian Federation. In particular, powerful explosions thundered in the Krasnodar Territory. As a result of the attack, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/drony-distalysia-kubani-ta-tatarstanu-spalakhnuv-ilskyy-npz\/\">a large-scale fire broke out at the Ilya oil refinery.<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the night of Thursday, February 19, drones attacked an oil depot in Velikiye Luki, Pskov Region, Russia. After the strike, a fire broke out at the facility. This was reported by Russian Telegram channels. The information was later confirmed by the Governor of the Pskov Region, Mikhail Vedernikov. According to him, one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1359660,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76874,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1359674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359674","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1359674"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1359674\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1359660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1359674"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1359674"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}