Oryol Oblast

Drone attack ignites Azot chemical plant as Russia reports wider blasts

Drones attacked targets in Russia overnight on June 14, hitting the Novomoskovsk Azot chemical plant in Tula Oblast and triggering a fire at the facility.

14 June, 11:10 AM

Ukraine attacks power plant in Russia’s Oryol

A thermal power plant in Russia’s Oryol is on fire after a Ukrainian drone attack on the facility, local authorities said on Jan. 12.

13 January, 12:18 AM

Drones torch oil depot in Russia’s Oryol Oblast

At least two tanks caught fire after an overnight drone attack on the Oryolnefteprodukt oil depot in Livny, Russia’s Oryol Oblast, the Exilenova+ Telegram channel reported on Dec. 2, posting an eyewitness video.

2 December 2025, 09:10 AM

Ukraine receives intelligence on Oryol oil depot - photos

Atesh agents mapped a strategic oil depot in Russia’s Oryol Oblast — a hub that supplies up to 40% of the fuel for Russian forces on the Kharkiv and Kursk fronts — and handed the data to Ukraine’s military, partisans wrote on Nov. 6.

6 November 2025, 12:30 PM

Oryol power plant was hit with Ukraine’s Neptune cruise missiles

The Ukrainian Navy fired Neptune cruise missiles at a thermal power plant and nearby substation in Russia’s Oryol Oblast on Oct. 31, the navy’s press service said.

31 October 2025, 11:48 PM

Partisans map Shahed launch site in Russia's Oryol Oblast

Atesh agents carried out reconnaissance around the village of Rudneve, Russia's Oryol Oblast, conducting a detailed survey of a Shahed (kamikaze drone) launch site there, the partisans reported on Oct. 21.

21 October 2025, 01:46 PM

Moscow on drone lockdown: Flights halted, signals jammed

A new drone attack grounded flights at Moscow’s Domodedovo International Airport again, as well as at the nearby Zhukovsky airport, according to reports by Russian Telegram channels on May 22.

22 May 2025, 11:40 AM

Drones hit Russian plant manufacturing military components

A drone attack struck the Bolkhov Semiconductor Plant in Russia's Oryol Oblast, Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported on Telegram on May 21.

21 May 2025, 12:53 PM

Chip plant on fire, airspace closed, explosions in four Russian oblasts

A series of overnight explosions in Russia’s Tula, Ryazan, Kaluga, and Oryol oblasts were reported by residents and local Telegram channels on May 21.

21 May 2025, 09:26 AM

Russian region to pay schoolgirls to give birth

Authorities in Russia’s Oryol Oblast will begin offering 100,000 rubles (about $1,080) to school-age girls who register their pregnancies and give birth, under a new regional plan to boost birth rates. Russian state media reported the initiative on March 24, citing a decree signed by Oryol Governor Andrey Klychkov, which was published on the official legal information portal.

24 March 2025, 01:29 PM

Massive drone strike calls Russia’s 'local operation' narrative into question

The largest Ukrainian drone attack on Russian soil undermines the Kremlin's narrative of a "local operation" rather than a full-scale war, the UK Ministry of Defence reported on March 11.

12 March 2025, 05:38 PM

Satellite images show aftermath of strikes on UAV warehouses in Oryol Oblast

A warehouse storing Russian strike UAVs in Oryol Oblast was hit, with satellite images suggesting it was underground, OSINT analysts from the Kiber Boroshno Telegram channel reported on Feb. 9.

9 February 2025, 01:46 PM

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