MOSCOW: A Ukraine drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s southern Rostov region, while drones also attempted to attack the Kirov region, some 1,500 km northeast of the border with Ukraine, authorities said on Wednesday.
“There are no casualties,” Rostov governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app about the attack in the Kamensky district. “Firefighters are extinguishing the fire.” Russian air defence units destroyed four drones over the region overnight, the Russian defence ministry said, without mention of an attack on the depot.
Earlier, the Baza Telegram channel, which is close to Russia’s security services, said three tanks were burning at the Kamensky oil depot after two drones fell on the area.
Videos posted on Russian social media showed what looked like large tanks ablaze at night.
Wednesday’s attack came while tanks were still on fire at another oil depot in Rostov’s Proletarsk district, about 10 days after a Ukrainian attack.
NATO members reaffirmed their commitment to further strengthen Ukraine’s defences at a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council, which brings together officials from Ukraine and the Western military alliance, NATO said on Wednesday.