Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Tambov region overnight on October 20, sparking a fire at one of the facilities, the region’s governor, Yevgeny Pervyshev, said. He declined to elaborate, saying only that no one was injured.
Ukraine’s Exilenova+ monitoring project and OSINT analysts from the independent Telegram channel Astra believe the drones struck the Nikolskoye linear production and dispatching station (LPDS) in Michurinsky District.
The Nikolskoye LPDS is a key node in the Druzhba trunk oil pipeline system. The station receives, stores, pumps, and transits oil and petroleum products, with a capacity of up to 300,000 tons of oil per day.
Ukrainian drones struck the Nikolskoye LPDS at least twice during the summer of 2025.
Ukrainian forces have struck Russian oil refineries repeatedly over the past several months, a campaign that has become one of the main drivers of the country’s fuel crisis.
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