A refinery hit in Ukraine’s Poltava area as Kyiv and Moscow trade drone attacks, 4 UAVs shot down over western Russia.
Ukraine and Russia introduced waves of drone attacks over night with reports of a fire at an oil refinery in Ukraine’s Poltava area and 4 Ukrainian unmanned aerial automobiles (UAVs) being shot down over 2 areas in Russia’s west, authorities state.
A Russian drone struck the Kremenchuk oil refinery in the main Poltava area of Ukraine, triggering a fire, the local guv, Dmytro Lunin, stated on Wednesday.
“Last night, Russians consistently assaulted Poltava area. Our air defence system did a great task versus opponent UAVs,” he stated on the Telegram messaging app.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated air defence systems shot down 17 of 24 drones that Russia introduced versus targets in Ukraine.
The Kremenchuk refinery has actually come under duplicated Russian air raids considering that Moscow released its intrusion in 2015.
Russian authorities reported on Wednesday that their air defences obstructed 4 Ukrainian drones.
The Ukrainian drones were shot down over Russia’s Belgorod area which surrounds Ukraine and the Oryol area, which is better to Moscow, the Russian Ministry of Defence stated, with regional authorities reporting no damage or casualties.
The aircraft-type drones were shot down in between 9pm (18:00 GMT on Tuesday) and 11:45 pm (20:45 GMT), the ministry stated on Telegram.
A drone attack was likewise believed in a fire including a big fuel tank early on Wednesday early morning near an airport in the Russian Black Sea beach resort of Sochi.
Veniamin Kondratyev, guv of the Krasnodar area, stated initial details showed that there were no casualties.
“The factors for the occurrence are being examined,” Kondratyev stated on Telegram.
A Russian-language online news website reported that a drone might have been associated with the fire that swallowed up the 1,200 tonnes of fuel, keeping in mind that a loud surge was heard prior to the fuel tank emerged in flames.
Kyiv has in current months increase drone and rocket attacks deep inside Russia and Russian-controlled area following a pledge by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that his forces would bring the war in Ukraine back to Russia.
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