Vladimir Putin ’s war economy took another direct hit early Tuesday when Ukrainian kamikaze drones slammed into a major oil depot in Russia ’s Tambov region, igniting a massive blaze roughly 450km southeast of Moscow. Tambov Region Governor Yevgeny Pervyshov confirmed the strike, stating it hit the Nikiforovskaya oil base near Dmitrievka shortly after 4am local time.

Widely circulated video showed at least two storage tanks engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke rising high into the sky. Pervyshov wrote on Telegram: “Air defence units were on duty. As a result of falling debris from downed UAVs, a fire broke out at a fuel storage facility." The statement, which attributes the damage to "falling debris" from "downed UAVs," is the standard Russian phrasing used when a Ukrainian d

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