Ukraine has hammered a city inside Russia with drone attacks which have sparked a huge blaze at an oil depot, according to reports.
Unverified footage appears to show thick, black smoke billowing from a site in Russia’s Rostov region. The governor of the southwest Russian region said on Sunday (August 18) that debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a diesel fuel fire at an industrial warehouse.
Governor Vasily Golubev said on the Telegram messaging app that firefighters were called in to put out the blaze.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air defence units destroyed two Ukraine-launched drones in the skies above Rostov overnight.
Mr Golubev said no one was injured during the apparent drone attack in the Proletarsk district of the region.
Fighting has continued in Russia’s Kursk region, where Ukrainian troops have been deployed since August 6 in a bid to divert Russia’s military away from the front line in Ukraine.
Russia has seen previous raids on its territory during the war, but the Kursk incursion has been notable for its size, speed, the reported involvement of battle-hardened Ukrainian brigades and the length of time they have stayed inside Russia.
As many as 10,000 Ukrainian troops are involved, according to Western military analysts.
