According to Russian information, the Ukrainian armed forces carried out an air strike from two helicopters on an oil storage facility in Russia on Friday. After the attack, a fire broke out at the depot in the city of Belgorod, the region’s governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. Belgorod is not far from the Ukrainian border. There were no casualties, Gladkow said.
There will be no problems with the fuel supply in the region, the governor assured. According to him, the helicopters entered Russian territory and then fired. The oil company Rosneft announced that the site would be evacuated. This information cannot be verified by an independent party.
Ukrainian attacks on Russia have been reported several times
Russia attacked the neighboring country on February 24. Since then, Russian forces have repeatedly bombed fuel depots to cut off supplies to the Ukrainian military. According to information from Moscow, there have recently been several attacks by the Ukrainian side on Russian territory – but never from the air.
Settlements recaptured in the south, easing in Kiev
Ukraine, for its part, reported successes Friday morning: Russian units had been unable to capture territory and several settlements in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region had been recaptured. The situation is also said to have eased somewhat in the capital Kiev.
Source: Krone
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