KYIV: Ukrainian forces staged an overnight drone attack that set several oil storage tanks ablaze near the town of Azov in southern Russia, a source in Kyiv told AFP on Tuesday (Jun 18).
KYIV: Ukrainian forces staged an overnight drone attack that set several oil storage tanks ablaze near the town of Azov in southern Russia, a source in Kyiv told AFP on Tuesday .
"Oil product tanks caught fire in Azov as a result of a drone attack. According to preliminary data, there were no casualties," the governor of the local Rostov region, Vasily Golubev, said. The Rostov region sits directly across the border from Ukraine and is home to the operational headquarters overseeing Russia's invasion.
"The enemy keeps trying to advance to the micro-district Novy in the town of Chasiv Yar," Ukraine's military said in a briefing.Further south, it said Moscow's forces were also pushing towards Pokrovsk, where they were closing in on a key road that would complicate supplies between strategic hubs in the region.
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