Kamensky District () is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #244-ZS district (raion), one of the forty-three in Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is located in the west of the oblast. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the urban locality (a work settlement) of Gluboky. Population: 47,696 (2010 Census); The population of Gluboky accounts for 20.7% of the district's total population.
2024 oil infrastructure attack
The Kamenski District in Rostov Oblast is the site of the Atlas oil depot, near the village of Molodezhnyi, a large petroleum tank farm installation of the Russian State Reserve. The Atlas facility is a "division of the Federal Agency for State Reserves in the Southern Federal District, [specializing] in supplying petroleum products to the Russian Armed Forces."
On the morning of 28 August 2024, during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it was set ablaze by a Ukrainian Armed Forces drone strike.Explosions Rock Russian Oil Depot After Drone Attacks: Reports, MSN, 28 August 2024.Oil Depot In Rostov Region Of Russia Struck By DIU And ASF, MENA FM, 28 August 2024. The attack was officially confirmed by the Ukrainian general staff the next day, and Russian sources reported a second attack on the depot occurred late in the day on the 28th, renewing the "powerful blaze."Ukraine's military confirms strikes on Russian oil depots in Rostov, Kirov oblasts. Kyiv Independent, 29 August 2024.
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