A Ukrainian drone attack sparked a fire at an oil depot in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the area’s governor said Wednesday.
The fire, which was later put out, happened in the village of Novominskaya.
Krasnodar Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said debris from a destroyed drone caused the fire, and that there were no injuries.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said Wednesday it shot down two Ukrainian drones over the Kursk region and two more drones over Belgorod, both of which border Ukraine.
Officials in Kursk reported damage to a building, but no casualties.
Ukraine’s military said Wednesday it shot down 57 of the 104 drones that Russian forces launched in overnight attacks.
The intercepts took place over the Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Kyiv, Poltava, Sumy and Zhytomyr regions.
Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said the attacks damaged several buildings and injured one person.
Officials also reported damage to buildings in Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad and Sumy.
The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Tuesday that Russian attacks on Ukraine’s power grid or substations could disrupt supply and pose the risk of a nuclear accident.
Rafael Grossi visited an electrical substation in Kyiv on Tuesday, saying on X that the structure is “an important part of Ukraine’s power grid essential for nuclear safety.”
Grossi said that “the situation is quite dire. … We should not hide the fact that as you can see … this infrastructure has been degraded.”
He also said that he was “impressed” with the work now being done “to ensure nuclear safety.”
Some information for this story was provided by The Associated Press, Agence France-Presse and Reuters.
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