An attack of Ukrainian drone at night caused a fire in an oil tank in the southern region of Krasnodar, Russia, which has been extinguished, regional officials said on Wednesday (5).
The governor of the Krasnodar region, Veniamin Kondratyev, reported on the telegram messaging app on Wednesday that UAV wreckage fell into a tank and a fire began in the village of Novominskaya.
A series of Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia’s energy facilities have led to fires in recent days in a large oil refinery in the Volgograd region, as well as in the Astrakhan gas processing plant.
“The fire in a tank with residues of oil products in the village of Novominskaya in Kanevsky district was fully extinguished,” said the region’s operational authorities on Telegram.
Previously, Kondratyev said there were no injuries in the fire caused by declines of falling drone.
A team of 19 people with equipment was fighting the flames, he explained.
The governor did not say which deposit was on fire or detailed the extent of the damage.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that four Ukraine drones were destroyed over Russian territory at night, but did not mention the Krasnodar region in a statement on Telegram.
Only drones in the destroyed air defense systems were recorded, without information on how many were released.
There were no immediate comments from the Ukrainian government.
Kiev states that his attacks within Russia aim to destroy the essential infrastructure for the Moscow war in Ukraine and are in response to the Russian continuous bombing in the country.
Understand the war between Russia and Ukraine
Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022 and entered the territory for three fronts: the Russian border, the Crimea and Belarus, a strong -ally country of Kremlin.
Forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin has achieved significant advances in the early days, but the Ukrainians managed to maintain Kiev control, even though the city was also attacked. The invasion was criticized internationally and Kremlin was the target of economic sanctions from the West.
In October 2024, after thousands of dead, the war in Ukraine came into what analysts described as the most dangerous moment so far.
Tensions rose when Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the use of an intermediate hypersonic missile during an attack on Ukrainian soil. The projectile carried conventional warheads, but is able to bring nuclear material.
The launch came after Ukraine made an offensive within the Russian territory using weapons made by Western powers such as the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
Western intelligence denounces that Russia is using North Korea troops in the conflict in Ukraine. Moscow and Pyongyang do not deny or confirm the account.
President Vladimir Putin, who replaced his defense minister in May, said the Russian forces are advancing much more effectively – and that Russia will achieve all its goals in Ukraine, although it has given no details.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he believed that Putin’s main goals are to occupy the entire Donbass region, covering the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, and expelling Ukrainian troops from the Kursk region of Russia, of which have controlled parts since August .
This content was originally published in Ukrainian drone attack causes oil deposit fire in Russia on CNN Brazil.
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