Ukrainian helicopters have bombed a fuel storage depot in western Russia sparking a huge fire, the regional governor said Friday, in the first reported air strike by Kyiv on Russian soil.
MOSCOW, Russia —
The announcement came on the 37th day of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine, with thousands killed and more than 10 million displaced in the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II. “There was a fire at the petrol depot because of an air strike carried out by two Ukrainian army helicopters, which entered Russian territory at a low altitude,” Belgorod region governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on messaging app Telegram.Some 170 firefighters were battling to put out the enormous blaze, which started around 6 am , the emergencies ministry said.
Russian energy giant Rosneft, which owns the facility, said it had evacuated staff from the premises.
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