ukrainian army major attack on russia artillery depot

Ukraine’s military said on Thursday it had attacked an artillery depot and two oil storage facilities in Russia, setting off a fire at the Atlas oil depot in the southern Rostov region on Wednesday. The army said it had also attacked the Zenit oil facility in Russia’s Kirov region, around 1,500 km (930 miles) northeast of the Ukrainian border. The same message on the Telegram app added that a field artillery depot in the Russian region of Voronezh had also been attacked.

Russian officials said on Wednesday that a Ukrainian drone caused a fire at a Rostov oil depot and no casualties were reported, while Kirov regional governor Alexander Sokolov said a drone attack on an oil products depot in the town of Kotelnich did not cause a fire or casualties. In Voronezh, bordering Ukraine, governor Alexander Gusev said debris from a Ukrainian drone caused a fire “near explosive objects” but they did not explode.

Kiev says its attacks are aimed at destroying energy, transport and military infrastructure key to Moscow’s war effort. Both sides deny targeting civilians in the 30-month-old war triggered by Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour.