An oil depot was struck and caught fire in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, on Saturday (October 15th), a local official said, as shootings have increased in the area in recent days.
“Another bombing at home. One of the shells hit the oil storageGovernor of the region Vyacheslav Gladkov announced in his “Telegram” microblog. He posted a photo showing thick black smoke billowing from the burning structure. According to him, emergency services are currently trying to extinguish the fire. “There is no risk of transmission– assured Vyacheslav Gladkov.
The TASS public news agency, referring to an anonymous source of assistance, noted that the warehouse is located at Razumnoye-71, near the city of Belgorod, the capital of the region of the same name. Russia last week condemned “significant increaseUkraine opened fire on several border regions of Russia, including Belgorod, as well as Kursk and Bryansk regions.
On Friday, a power plant in the city of Belgorod, which had rarely caught fire before, caught fire after a strike in Ukraine caused a power outage, according to the governor. The latter also reported on Friday the shelling of a village in the region and light damage to local railway infrastructure, which the governor said was caused by remnants of Ukrainian missiles hit by the Russian military.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian strike had already blown up an ammunition depot in the Belgorod region. On the same day, the top floor of the residential building in the city of the same name was opened by a shot, without casualties. The first power outage also took place on Tuesday, after the Ukrainian attack on the power plant in the town of Chebekino in the same region. And on Monday, a 74-year-old woman was killed in a bomb attack in this place.
Source: Le Figaro
