A Ukrainian drone attack triggered a fire late on Friday in Russia’s Kaluga region south of Moscow, and social media sites showed video footage of what they described as an oil storage depot ablaze.
Kaluga Regional Governor Vladislav Shapsha said on Telegram that a fire broke out after the attack on a commercial in the city of Liudinovo.
In a later posting, Shapsha said seven drones had been downed, with one landing in a “non-residential area.” The fire, he said, had been brought under control with no casualties.
A video posted on unofficial Russian social media sites showed smokestack engines rushing toward a giant smokestack at what they claimed to be an oil depot in the city.
Ukraine confirms on oil depot in western Russia
The Russian Defense Ministry and the governor of the Bryansk region announced that air defense teams destroyed a set of Ukrainian drones over the border region. No victims have been reported.
The governor of Smolensk region, bordering Russian ally Belarus, said air defences had downed five Ukrainian drones with no casualties.
Ukraine’s military said on Thursday that at least three drones attacked an oil depot in Russia’s southern Voronezh region, and said on Friday that its own air defenses had shot down 33 of 50 drones introduced through Russia. .