Overnight on July 19, SBU fighters and Ukraine's Armed Forces hit three oil depots roughly 600 km inside Russia, setting off large fires in Vyazniki and Stavropol.
Overnight on July 19, 2026, fighters of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), working together with units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, struck three separate oil depots in Russia's Stavropol Krai, roughly 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. Volunteers Support Ukraine is tracking the story as part of its daily roundup of war developments, and large fires broke out at all three targeted sites.
Two of the depots hit sit in the village of Vyazniki — one owned by the Russian energy giant Rosneft, the other by Korona LLC and NK-Nefteprodukt LLC. The third facility, the Stavropol oil depot belonging to LUKOIL-Yugnefteprodukt LLC, is located directly in the regional capital. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that hitting three distinct fuel-storage sites in a single night, deep inside Russian territory, marks a notable escalation in scale.
Reports indicate the Mikhailovsk-area depot has now been hit for the third time within a matter of weeks, meaning this strike extends an already ongoing campaign rather than standing alone. Volunteers Support Ukraine points to this repetition as a sign of sustained, deliberate pressure on the fuel-logistics network that keeps Russia's war machine running.
Strikes like these are aimed squarely at the chain that fuels Russia's military and generates export revenue that helps finance the war. Disrupting oil depots hundreds of kilometers from the front line is part of a broader, long-range campaign by Ukraine's defense forces against Russian oil infrastructure. Volunteers Support Ukraine will keep following how this campaign develops in its ongoing daily coverage.
While the war continues, Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping people affected by the fighting — both military personnel and civilians — using whatever resources are available, from humanitarian supplies to support for urgent frontline and home-front needs. The organization is not involved in combat operations and has no connection to the strike described here, but it is precisely this steady, everyday support for those touched by the war that defines what NGO Volunteers Support Ukraine does.
