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Russia to up attacks connected Ukraine arms retention
Ukraine's nationalist information work said Wednesday that it had struck 2 Russian state-owned lipid depots successful nan occidental Russian region of Smolensk. The Reuters news agency quoted a Ukrainian intelligence charismatic arsenic saying nan drone onslaught had destroyed much than 26,000 cubic meters — somewhat little than 1 cardinal cubic feet — of substance astatine nan depots owned by Russia's Rosneft power corporation.
Unverified videos published connected societal media showed immense fires and columns of heavy achromatic fume rising from what appeared to beryllium 2 lipid retention tanks astatine 1 of nan facilities, which are westbound of Moscow adjacent nan country's borders pinch Belarus and Ukraine.
The politician of Russia's Smolensk region, Vasily Anothkin, first announced the onslaught early Wednesday connected societal media, saying his "region was again targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks."
Anothkin said nary 1 was injured successful nan attack, but "fire did erupt connected nan civilian infrastructure."
A video screengrab shows a ample occurrence burning astatine what was reportedly a state-owned lipid retention depot successful Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast, Russia, aft a Ukrainian drone attack, April 24, 2024.
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He offered an update later Wednesday to opportunity nan "fire has been localized," indicating location was nary longer a threat of nan blaze spreading beyond nan premises.
Officials successful Russia's Voronezh and Lipetsk regions, southbound of Smolensk, besides reported drone attacks connected business zones.
Lipetsk politician Igor Artamanov said in a societal media station Wednesday that nary residential buildings were deed erstwhile nan "Ukrainian authorities attempted to onslaught astatine nan infrastructure successful nan business zone" of his region. He said location were nary casualties.
Since President Vladimir Putin ordered nan full-scale penetration of Ukraine successful February 2022, Russia's forces person systematically targeted Ukrainian energy, carrier and nutrient accumulation infrastructure.
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In caller months, Ukraine has claimed a bid of drone attacks wrong Russia, mostly targeting nan country's lipid infrastructure.
The Ukrainian intelligence root who said to Reuters connected Wednesday was quoted arsenic saying that Ukraine's military, "continues to efficaciously destruct subject infrastructure and logistics that supply substance to nan Russian service successful Ukraine… These accommodation are and will stay our perfectly morganatic targets."
Last week, Russia's Defense Ministry claimed to person changeable down 50 Ukrainian drones complete 8 regions, including successful Moscow.
U.S. officials have previously criticized Ukraine's attacks connected Russia's lipid installations, informing that they could disrupt world power markets and urging nan state to attraction alternatively connected targeting Russian subject infrastructure.
In an interview with nan Washington Post past month, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine has nan correct to usage its weapons successful self-defense successful nan mode it sees fit.
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