An oil depot caught fire Saturday in Russia’s Rostov region after a Ukrainian drone attack, its governor Vasily Golubev said on Telegram.
Both Moscow and Kyiv have extensively used drones, including larger self-detonating craft with ranges stretching hundreds of kilometres, throughout the conflict, which began in February 2022.
“After a drone attack, a fire broke out in a petrol refinery in the Tsimlyansky district,” Golubev wrote, adding that there were no casualties.
He later said the fire, which was hundreds of kilometres from the front line, had been extinguished.
A source in the Ukrainian defence sector confirmed Kyiv was behind the attack.
“The SBU drones continue to impose targeted economic sanctions against the Russian energy complex, which is working for the war in Ukraine,” the source said.
“More than three dozen successful strikes on Russian oil depots and refineries have already significantly reduced Russia’s oil refining and revenues.”
Russia’s defence ministry also said on Saturday that its forces had downed four more Ukrainian drones — two in Rostov, one in the Belgorod region and one in Kursk regions, all of which are on the border with Ukraine.
With AFP
