In its fight against Moscow’s invasion, Ukraine has repeatedly shelled Russian territory. Now, significant Russian supplies are said to have been destroyed.
According to Russian authorities, a Ukrainian drone attack has triggered several explosions in the Voronezh region. The governor of the region, Alexander Gusev, announced that objects containing explosive material had begun to detonate. He did not provide any details. In Kiev, the news portal “Ukrajinska Pravda” reported, citing intelligence information, that a 9,000 square meter depot containing missiles, tank ammunition and artillery shells belonging to the Russian armed forces had been hit. There was no confirmation from the Russian side.
Initially, there were unverifiable video recordings on social networks of huge clouds of smoke rising into the sky. Eyewitnesses reported explosions and smoke over the affected Podgorenski district, around 190 kilometers south of the regional capital Voronezh. According to the authorities, a state of emergency was declared there. Houses were evacuated.
Two elderly women were taken to hospital, Gusev said. Dozens of residents were housed and cared for in an emergency shelter in the school, while others were staying with relatives, it was said. The emergency was caused by debris from downed drones, Gusev said.
Voronezh region repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian attacks
The Defense Ministry in Moscow initially provided no information about the drone attack in the Voronezh region. The ministry’s statement only mentioned a new Ukrainian drone attack on the Belgorod region near the border. The aircraft was destroyed, it said.
Nevertheless, the Voronezh region has also been the target of Ukrainian attacks in the past, not least because the Russian occupiers receive their military supplies from there. In June last year, there were serious explosions in a fuel depot in the region.
Ukraine is carrying out daily attacks on Russian territory as part of its defense against the Moscow invasion that has been going on for more than two years. However, the consequences are usually nothing compared to the massive destruction and high number of victims caused by Russian attacks on Ukraine. The Ukrainian military announced that the Russians had attacked more than 80 infrastructure facilities in the neighboring country since Saturday.
Source: Stern
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