“Another bombardment at home. One of the projectiles hit an oil depot,” said the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, on his Telegram account. He posted a photo showing heavy black smoke billowing from a burning structure.
According to him, the emergency services are currently trying to extinguish the fire. “There is no risk of spread,” assured Mr. Gladkov.
The public news agency TASS, quoting an anonymous source in relief, indicated that the depot was located in the locality of Razoumnoye-71, near the city of Belgorod, capital of the eponymous region.
Russia denounced last week a “considerable increase” in Ukrainian fire on several Russian border regions, including that of Belgorod, but also that of Kursk and Briansk.
On Friday, a power station in the city of Belgorod, previously rarely hit by fire, caught fire following a strike from Ukraine, causing a power outage, according to the governor.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian strike had already blown up an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region. The same day, a shot ripped open the top floor of a residential building in the city of the same name, without causing any casualties.
A first power outage also occurred on Tuesday following a Ukrainian strike on a power station in the town of Chebekino, in the same region. And, on Monday, a 74-year-old woman was killed in a bombardment on this locality.
