2024-03-12 06:30:59
A Ukrainian drone attack set fire to a fuel depot in the western Russian city of Oryol, south of Moscow. “A fuel and energy complex was attacked,” said regional governor Andrej Klitschkow on the Telegram online service on Tuesday night. In the Nizhny Novgorod region east of Moscow, a refinery belonging to the oil company Lukoil is on fire following a drone attack.
The emergency services would try to contain the fire, added Governor Klitschkow. “There were no casualties.” “Early today, the Kstovo industrial zone, a fuel and energy complex, was attacked by drones,” Nizhny Novgorod Governor Gleb Nikitin wrote on Telegram. Work at the plant has been temporarily stopped due to an “incident,” reports the Russian state news agency RIA, citing the oil company.
RIA Novosti, citing a representative of the emergency services, reported that a reservoir with petroleum products caught fire in Oryol. Oryol is around 160 kilometers from the border with Ukraine.
According to Russian information, Ukraine also carried out further drone attacks on targets in Russia on Tuesday night. Drones dropped four explosive devices in the Russian border region of Belgorod, said the local governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov. There were no injuries, but a power line was damaged.
According to Mayor Sergei Sobyanin, air defense units shot down a Ukrainian drone over the Russian capital Moscow. In the affected Ramenski district, there were no injuries or damage from falling debris, Sobyanin said on Telegram.
Since the start of the Russian offensive once morest Ukraine more than two years ago, the Ukrainian armed forces have managed to penetrate ever deeper into Russian territory with their drones. Russia also uses numerous drones.
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