Explosions reported in Russia's Kaluga and Kursk, drones attack oil depot
Illustrative photo: A fire broke out at an oil facility in Kaluga due to a drone strike (Getty Images)
Due to aerial attacks, air defense systems in Russia's Kursk and Kaluga regions were operating overnight on November 25. Explosions were heard in Kaluga and Kursk, and after drones struck, a fire broke out at the Kaluganefteprodukt oil depot, according to the governors of Kaluga and Kursk regions, Vladislav Shapsha and Aleksei Smirnov, and local social media.
Explosions in the Kaluga area occurred after midnight amid reports of a drone attack.
Information also emerged online about a strike at the Kaluga oil depot, Kaluganefteprodukt. Following explosions, a reservoir at the facility allegedly caught fire.
Additionally, footage of the incident was shared online.
According to the governor of Kaluga, air defense forces destroyed three UAVs on the outskirts of Kaluga during the night.
The Russian official also stated that the "falling drone debris at the industrial site caused a fire."
The governor added that no casualties had been reported preliminarily and that emergency services and an operational group were working at the scene.
Later, online sources also reported that, in addition to the attack on the oil depot in Kaluga, the Typhoon instrument-making plant, linked to Russia's military-industrial complex, was targeted.
According to open sources, the plant (part of the Concern Morinformsystem-Agat) is involved in developing complex radio technical systems and coastal sets, including for the Russian Navy.
One of the main products at the Typhoon plant was the coastal missile system Bal-E. The plant also manufactures the mobile coastal radio reconnaissance complex Monolith-B and the shipborne three-coordinate radar Positiv-M, designed to detect and track airborne and surface targets.
The Kaluga-based Typhoon plant is under sanctions from Western countries, including Ukraine.
Explosions were also reported in the Kursk area that night. Local social media and Telegram channels noted that the explosions were quite powerful.
The governor of the Kursk region initially declared a missile threat to the region and announced air defense operations. Later, the official stated that the missile threat had been lifted.
Last night, explosions were heard in the Kursk region amid an airstrike involving missiles and drones. Social media reports indicated that the blasts were particularly loud near Kursk and Kurchatov.
Later, on November 24, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced that Ukrainian forces struck a Russian missile unit in the Kursk region. Specifically, the radar of an S-400 system was hit.
Additionally, Russia claimed that drones had recently attacked Rosneft's oil depot in Kaluga.
