Ukrainian drone attack sparks fire at Russian oil depot: mayor
- Russia’s defence ministry says its air defences intercept 348 drones in total from Ukraine overnight
MOSCOW: A fire broke out at an oil depot in the southern Russian port of Novorossiysk following a Ukrainian drone attack, the city’s mayor said on Saturday.
“As a result of falling UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle) debris, a fire broke out at the oil depot. Several technical and administrative buildings caught fire. Fragments of the drones also fell onto the fuel terminal site,” Mayor Andrey Kravchenko wrote on Telegram.
Two people were wounded, he added.
Novorossiysk handles around a fifth of Russia’s crude oil shipments and is the country’s largest export hub on the Black Sea.
Mass Ukrainian drone barrage kills four in Russia
Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences had intercepted 348 drones in total from Ukraine overnight.
In response to daily bombardments since Russia invaded in 2022, Ukraine has regularly struck within Russian territory.
Kyiv frequently carries out long-range strikes that it says target energy facilities in a bid to dent Russia’s oil revenues.
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