# Ukrainian drones strike Russia’s Tambov region, reportedly hitting Druzhba pipeline facility

https://mins.news/en/item/107574

- Meduza, 2026-10-20 09:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/20/ukrainian-drones-strike-russia-s-tambov-region-reportedly-hitting-infrastructure-on-druzhba-oil-pipeline

> Tambov Governor Yevgeny Pervyshev said Ukrainian drones struck the region overnight on October 20, setting a facility on fire; no one was injured. Exilenova+ and analysts at the independent Telegram channel Astra believe the target was the Nikolskoye dispatching station, a key node in the Druzhba oil pipeline system.

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