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Drone strikes targeted oil storage facilities in Russia’s Tver region and Stavropol Krai early Thursday, sparking fires at both locations, according to the Russian outlet Astra and monitoring Telegram channels.In Mikhailovsk, a city in Stavropol Krai, Osint analysis of eyewitness videos indicates that drones hit the Lukoil-Yugnefteprodukt oil depot, News.Az reports, citing Kyiv Post.The company stores, transships and sells petroleum products through oil depots and Lukoil gas stations across southern and central Russia.Stavropol Governor Vladimir Vladimirov confirmed that a drone attack had caused a fire at what he called an “industrial facility” in the village of Vyazniki in Shpakovsky district, near Mikhailovsk. He said firefighters were working at the scene and reported no casualties or threat of the fire spreading to residential areas.Vladimirov also said drone debris had fallen in Stavropol near Kolomiytseva Street, with no reported damage or injuries. A drone threat alert remained in effect across the region, according to local reports.The same night, drones also reportedly attacked the Tvernefteprodukt oil depot in Tver, north of Moscow.The reported attacks come amid an expanding Ukrainian campaign against Russia’s fuel infrastructure, refineries and logistics facilities. Kyiv has repeatedly targeted oil depots, pumping stations and refineries that help sustain Moscow’s war effort.