Russia says Ukrainian drone attack sparks oil depot fire in Krasnodar

A Ukrainian drone onslaught sparked a occurrence astatine an lipid depot successful Russia’s Krasnodar region, the area’s politician said Wednesday.

The fire, which was aboriginal enactment out, happened successful the colony of Novominskaya.

Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said debris from a destroyed drone caused the fire, and that determination were nary injuries.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday it changeable down 2 Ukrainian drones implicit the Kursk portion and 2 much drones implicit Belgorod, some of which borderline Ukraine.

Officials successful Kursk reported harm to a building, but nary casualties.

Ukraine’s subject said Wednesday it changeable down 57 of the 104 drones that Russian forces launched successful overnight attacks.

The intercepts took spot implicit the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.

Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attacks damaged respective buildings and injured 1 person.

Officials besides reported harm to buildings successful Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad and Sumy.

The caput of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Tuesday that Russian attacks connected Ukraine's powerfulness grid oregon substations could disrupt proviso and airs the hazard of a atomic accident.

Rafael Grossi visited an electrical substation successful Kyiv connected Tuesday, saying connected X that the operation is "an important portion of Ukraine's powerfulness grid indispensable for atomic safety."

Grossi said that "the concern is rather dire. ... We should not fell the information that arsenic you tin spot ... this infrastructure has been degraded."

He besides said that helium was "impressed" with the enactment present being done "to guarantee atomic safety."

Some accusation for this communicative was provided by The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.