A drone attack launched by Ukraine 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 had broken out after an industrial site was hit in Lyudinovo. 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.
Video posted on unofficial Russian social media sites showed firefighting vehicles speeding off toward a large blaze at what they said was an oil storage depot in the city.
Russia’s Defence Ministry and the governor of the Bryansk region reported that air defence units had destroyed a total of nine Ukrainian drones over the region on the border. No casualties were 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 at least three drones had hit an oil depot in Russia’s southern Voronezh region, and on Friday said its air defences had downed 33 of 50 drones launched by Russia.
Air defences of Ukraine downed 33 of 50 drones launched by Russia overnight, the air force said on Friday. It said 9 drones were “lost”, due to the use of electronic warfare by Ukraine to redirect Russian drones, while one left Ukraine in the direction of Romania.
“Hostile attack drones hit enterprises in Odesa region, and buildings of institutions, private businesses and households in Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Kyiv regions were damaged as a result of the fall of downed enemy drones,” the military said on social media.
Port infrastructure in the Danube region in Ukraine came under attack, they added. A Kyiv regional official said one child was wounded as a result of falling debris from downed targets during an attack.
Team Bharatshakti
(With inputs from Reuters)
