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Russia’s military said aboriginal Friday that its aerial defence systems destroyed 83 Ukrainian drones implicit aggregate Russian regions and annexed Crimea overnight, with astatine slightest 1 of the drones crashing into an lipid depot and sparking a fire.
In confederate Russia’s Stavropol region, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said an unmanned craft “fell” into an lipid depot successful the municipality of Svetlograd, adding that nary 1 was injured successful the incident.
A video published by anonymous Telegram quality channels purportedly showed the infinitesimal the drone struck the installation and ignited a blaze. A 2nd video appeared to amusement the occurrence having been extinguished.
The depot, owned by authorities lipid elephantine Rosneft, can store up to 6,700 cubic meters of substance products, according to the vigor quality website neftegaz.ru.
Meanwhile, successful the occidental Bryansk region, Governor Alexander Bogomaz said aerial defence systems changeable down 38 drones betwixt Thursday nighttime and Friday morning. He did not study immoderate injuries.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said it downed lone 20 drones implicit the Bryansk region. In the neighboring Kursk region, wherever Ukrainian forces launched an incursion successful aboriginal August, the service said it downed 36 drones.
Another 12 drones were intercepted implicit annexed Crimea, the service said. Eight drones were besides destroyed implicit the confederate Voronezh region, 4 implicit the Orlov portion and 3 implicit the Belgorod region.
Also connected Friday, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia launched a grounds 2,023 drones against Ukraine successful October — astir fractional of which were repelled.
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