Ukraine accused of attack on oil depot in Russia
GBNews24 Desk//
Ukrainian military helicopters carried out a targeted strike on an oil storage facility on Russian soil, the region’s governor claimed Friday.
“There was a fire at the petrol depot because of an air strike carried out by two Ukrainian army helicopters, who entered Russian territory at a low altitude,” Vyacheslav Gladkov, governor of the Belgorod region that borders northeastern Ukraine, wrote in an early-morning Telegram post.
Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed the alleged attack.
The Kremlin said the reported Ukrainian airstrike will hinder future peace talks.
“Of course, this is not something that can be perceived as creating comfortable conditions for the continuation of negotiations,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters, TASS reports.
Eight tanks are now on fire at the depot in the city of Belgorod, the Emergency Situations Ministry told Interfax. Nearly 200 firefighters have been deployed to the scene.
Two oil depot employees received non-life-threatening injuries, Gladkov said. No deaths have been reported.
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