The strike on a depot in Kamensky district comes amid an ongoing blaze at an oil storage facility in Proletarsk metropolis.
A Ukrainian drone assault has set an oil depot in Russia’s southern area of Rostov alight, the authorities mentioned.
On Wednesday, regional Governor Vasily Golubev confirmed the in a single day strike, saying on the Telegram messaging app that firefighters have been extinguishing the blaze on the depot in Rostov’s Kamensky district, with no casualties reported.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence earlier mentioned air defence items destroyed 4 drones over the area in a single day, with out mentioning the assault on the oil depot.
Three tanks have been burning on the oil depot after two drones fell within the space, based on the Baza Telegram channel, which is near Russian safety companies.
Ukraine’s strike marked its newest assault on Russian oil and gasoline services in retaliation for assaults on its power infrastructure.
A big fireplace has been raging at an oil storage facility in Rostov’s metropolis of Proletarsk since August 18 after an earlier Ukrainian drone assault some 200km (125 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
Initially of the month, one other gas storage depot within the Kamensky district was hit.
On the time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised his forces for putting oil services in Russia, saying the assaults would assist deliver a “simply finish” to the battle.
The Russian ministry additionally mentioned eight assault drones have been destroyed over the Voronezh area, which borders Ukraine, however gave no particulars.
Alexander Gusev, the governor of Voronezh, mentioned particles from a Ukraine-launched drone over the area sparked a fireplace “close to explosive objects”, however that there had been no detonation.
Nuclear security
In the meantime, Russia mentioned on Wednesday that it wished the Worldwide Atomic Power Company (IAEA) to take a “extra goal and clearer” stance on nuclear security.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Ministry of International Affairs, mentioned the United Nations nuclear watchdog ought to act “in favour of info”, state information company RIA reported, “making certain security and stopping the event of a state of affairs alongside a catastrophic path to which the Kyiv regime is pushing everybody”.
IAEA chief Rafael Grossi visited the Kursk Nuclear Energy Plant on Tuesday exterior the city of Kurchatov within the Kursk area, the place Ukrainian forces broke throughout the border three weeks in the past.
Ukraine has not responded to Russian accusations that it attacked the plant. Requested by a reporter to sentence drone harm as a “nuclear provocation” by Ukraine, Grossi mentioned “pointing fingers” was one thing he should take “extraordinarily critically”.
Grossi concluded the ability – the identical mannequin because the Chornobyl plant in Ukraine, which witnessed the world’s worst civilian nuclear catastrophe in 1986 – was weak to a severe accident as a result of it lacks a protecting dome that might defend it from missiles, drones and artillery.
Russia’s Nationwide Guard claimed on Wednesday that its forces had defused unexploded United States-supplied munitions fired by Ukraine that have been shot down simply 5km (3 miles) from the Kursk plant.
There was no quick remark from Ukraine.
