Ukraine is claiming responsibility for an overnight drone attack on a Russian oil facility that started a massive blaze in the latest long-range strike by Kyiv’s forces on a border region
In this photo taken from video released by Russian Emergency Ministry Press Service on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, firefighters work at the site of an oil reservoir in Azov district of Rostov-on-Don region of Russia. Vasily Golubev, the governor of the Rostov region, said that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an oil reservoir. The Emergencies Ministry said over 70 firefighters are fighting the blaze that covers the area of 5,000 square meters.
The blaze covered an area of 5,000 square meters but there were no casualties, Russia’s Emergencies Ministry said. A Ukrainian official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to give the information to the media, said the attack was a special operation of Ukraine’s Security Service, known as SBU. The drones targeted two Rostov oil depots that have 22 oil reservoirs, the official said.Kyiv officials normally decline comment about attacks on Russian territory, though they sometimes refer obliquely to them.for months, as Kyiv attempts to compensate for its battlefield disadvantage.
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