A drone strike on an airfield in Russia’s Kursk has set an oil container on fire, said Roman Starovoit, the region’s governor, according to a report in the Guardian.
attack comes a day later ukraine Reportedly carried out two drone attacks targeting military airfields inside Russian territory.
Kursk borders Ukraine and earlier the country’s military reportedly carried out drone attacks on two air bases in Ryazan and Saratov in south-central Russia. The Guardian said in a report that three military personnel were killed, two were injured and two aircraft were damaged in those attacks.
There were no casualties in the Kursk drone strikes. There were pictures on social media that showed a huge explosion lighting up the night sky followed by a huge fire. The airfield that was attacked is 280 km from the border with Ukraine.
The Guardian said large plumes of smoke were visible above the site during the day. These videos could not be independently verified by News18.
Russian officials claim that Ukraine is using modified Soviet-era Stryze drones first built in the 1970s.
As of 10 AM, the fire near Russia's Kursk airfield was still raging. The fire was being put out as of publication time and the Moscow railroads were sending three firefighting trains, each with 240 tons of water and over 5 tons of foam for fire suppression
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Ukraine has not yet directly claimed responsibility for the attack. a senior Ukrainian official new York Times The drones used in Monday’s attack were fired from across the border with Ukraine.
The increase in attacks from Ukraine comes weeks after the Russian military launched airstrikes that damaged civilian infrastructure and power generation centers in Ukraine, putting its civilian population at risk of suffering in the bitter cold.
Russia said last week it would continue to target Kyiv’s infrastructure, answering questions about whether it intended to counter sanctions by the G7 and the European Union targeting Russia’s offshore crude oil.
However, the Biden administration fears it may not be able to control high nationalist sentiment among members of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s regime and is considering restrictions on the flow of arms to keep the door open for peace talks. is discussing.
A Wall Street Journal report states that the US made changes to HIMARs rocket launchers so that they cannot be used to fire long-range missiles at Russia.
It also rejected Ukrainian requests for the high-profile drone, which it feared could be used to hit targets inside Russia.
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