Ukraine's defense forces struck a Russian army oil depot in occupied Luhansk overnight on 27 February, sparking a massive fire at the facility for the second time in five days, the General Staff and the Unmanned Systems Forces reported. The Ukrainian General Staff said that the same night, the troops also hit fuel warehouses in the occupied part of Donetsk Oblast near Mariupol, Novotoretske, and Koptieve and a Russian drone control point near Raiske in occupied Kherson Oblast.
Luhansk oil depot ablaze again
The 1st Separate Center of the Unmanned Systems Forces confirmed the strike and shared footage of the attack on the Luhansk fuel facility. Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+ reported the fire at approximately 00:45 a.m., publishing videos showing massive flames and a towering column of black smoke visible from across the occupied easternmost Ukrainian regional capital city.
"Less fuel means fewer opportunities for maneuvers, rotations, and support for assault operations," the 1st Separate Center wrote. "Tanks will not be able to aim their guns at Ukrainian forces. Artillery will not fire on our units. Logistics chains are broken, plans are disrupted."
The facility is a key logistics node through which Russian forces supply fuel to offensive groupings on the Kupiansk and Kramatorsk axes, Militarnyi noted.
The General Staff wrote at noon that defense forces struck the Luhanska oil depot on the temporarily occupied territory of Luhansk Oblast.
"The facility is involved in supplying troops of the Russian aggressor," the General Staff noted.
A large-scale fire was recorded at the site, with the extent of damage still being assessed at the time, the military said.
Last night, Exilenova+ also reported strikes on the Cherkaska high-voltage substation (220/110/35/10 kV) near the town of Lozivske in the Alchevsk area of Luhansk Oblast.
A depot that keeps burning
The 27 February strike was the second hit on the same Luhansk facility in less than a week.
On 22 February, Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert "Madyar" Brovdi published footage of a drone strike that also sparked a large fire at the depot in occupied Luhansk.
Before that, Ukraine's Special Operations Forces struck the facility in late October 2025. In September 2025, Brovdi confirmed another drone strike that set it ablaze.
The depot was also hit by ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles on 7 May 2024, and Ukrainian forces struck it with drones in December 2023.
