Kamensky District () is an administrativeLaw #340-ZS and municipalLaw #244-ZS district (

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), one of the forty-three in

Rostov Oblast Rostov Oblast ( rus, Росто́вская о́бласть, r=Rostovskaya oblastʹ, p=rɐˈstofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (an oblast), located in the Southern Federal District. The oblast ...

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. It is located in the west of the

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. The area of the district is . Its

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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

is the site of the Atlas oil depot, near the village of Molodezhnyi, a large

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tank farm installation of the Russian State Reserve. The Atlas facility is a "division of the

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in the Southern Federal District, pecializingin supplying petroleum products to the

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." On the morning of 28 August 2024, during the

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, it was set ablaze by a

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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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* * {{Use mdy dates, date=November 2012 Districts of Rostov Oblast