Liski, Voronezh Oblast

Liski (Russian: Ли́ски) is a town and the administrative center of Liskinsky District in Voronezh Oblast, Russia.

The town later merged with the local train station Liski in 1928.

It was renamed Georgiu-Dezh (Георгиу-Деж) in 1965 for the first Romanian communist leader, Gheorghe Gheorghiu-Dej, before returning to Liski again in 1990.

[6][7][8][9] On 16 January 2025, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces claimed to have struck an oil depot located in the town with at least 3 drones.

[13][14][15] On January 20 the oil depot was struck by drones again,[16] causing an extensive fire detected by NASA's FIRMS.

NASA 's FIRMS detected extensive fire at a Liski fuel depot on 19 January 2025 23:09:00 ( UTC )