According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the air defense of the Russian Federation shot down four drones on Saturday night, one in the Belgorod region, two more - in Volgograd and one in Rostov. According to the Volgograd Ministry of Emergency Situations, petroleum products were burning on an area of 300 square meters. In addition, the governor of the Volgograd region Andriy Bocharov stated that the cause of the ignition was a dropped drone.
"The fire is promptly localized, open burning is liquidated. There are no victims," Bocharov said. The publication notes that the Volgograd oil refinery is one of the largest in Russia, it produces gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel, fuel for ships. In addition, Astra's Russian Telegram channel spread a video from a likely UAV attack. "A video of a drone attack on the Lukoil oil refinery in Volgograd has appeared," the post noted.
The channel administrators add that residents of the surrounding settlements have heard two explosions at intervals of half an hour. Earlier, the governor of the Voronezh region Alexander Gusev stated that the forces of the Russian Federation were shot down by a Ukrainian drone that flew towards Voronezh. According to him, there are no destruction or victims as a result of the incident. The head of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov also announced the dropped drone in his region.
According to him, there are no victims, as a result of the fall of debris in one house, windows, damaged roof, facade and fence, as well as parked KAMAZ were knocked out. At the time of writing the material, the Ukrainian side did not formally announce the strikes on the objects in the Russian Federation, in particular, they did not comment on the fire at the refinery in Volgograd.
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