An attack on Saturday hit an oil depot that caught fire in the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine, a local official said, increasing shootings in recent days in this area.
“Another bombing at home. One of the shells hit an oil depot,” the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov, said on his Telegram account. He posted a photo showing thick black smoke billowing from a burning structure.
According to him, the emergency services are currently trying to extinguish the fire. “There is no risk of spread,” Viatcheslav Gladkov said.
The public news agency TASS, citing an anonymous source in relief, indicated that the deposit was located in the town of Razoumnoye-71, near the city of Belgorod, capital of the region of the same name.
A “significant increase” in Ukrainian fire, according to Russia
Russia denounced last week a “considerable increase” in Ukrainian fire in several Russian border regions, including Belgorod, but also Kursk and Bryansk.
On Friday, a power plant in the city of Belgorod, which previously rarely caught fire, caught fire after an attack from Ukraine, causing a power outage, according to the governor.
The latter also reported on Friday a bombardment in a village in the region and slight damage to the local railway infrastructure caused, according to the governor, by remains of Ukrainian missiles shot down by the Russian army.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian attack had already blown up an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region. On the same day, a shot destroyed the top floor of a residential building in the city of the same name, without causing any fatalities.
This Tuesday there was also a first blackout after a Ukrainian attack on a power plant in the town of Chebekino, in the same region. And, on Monday, a 74-year-old woman was killed in a bombing in this town.
Source: BFM TV
