Thus, the Russian Ministry reported that one drone was knocked down over the Orel region, another above the Tula region and four above the Smolensk region. The work of air defense in Russia began to be declared around 10:30 pm. In the Leningrad region in the village of Ust-Luga the terminal of the seaport is burning. Residents reported the sounds of drones and explosions. About it writes Russian Telegram-channel "Shot". The fire occurred on the night of January 21.
Officially, the Russian Defense Ministry or the local authorities were not reported about the attack on the Leningrad region. Nevertheless, the locals reported the sound of drones, after which several explosions were heard. The governor of Leningrad region Alexander Drozdenko stated that the fire occurred at the terminal of Novatek. In Kingiseppe district, a mode of increased readiness was introduced.
According to the Russian edition of the TASS with reference to the words of the head of the Kingiseppe district Yuri Zaplatsky, the fire at the terminal occurred as a result of two explosions. At the time of the incident, there were 148 people at the enterprise. There are no casualties and victims. Nevertheless, the dispatching service of the area says that two tanks and a pumping station were damaged as a result of the fire.
The Russian media also write that the cause of the fire is the attack of drones. It is noted that shortly before the fire in the seaport, two drones flew to St. Petersburg, however, they changed the course to the Kingiseppe district of Leningrad region. In particular, the Novatek plant is engaged in processing stable gas condensate. Its final products are oil, gas and fuel oil. It is located in the coastal area near the terminal. It is there that the products load on ships and export.
In addition, the explosions were heard in Tula. According to the media, the Ukrainian drones attacked the Shcheglovsky Val. It was noted that they collect "shell-c" and "shell-C1". The Russian plant also modernizes military armored vehicles. According to Hromadske, citing their own source in GUR, explosions in Tula were the planned work of Ukrainian intelligence. It is noted that in the Russian city the defeat of goals.
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