Ukrainian attack on Russian region sparks fire in settlement with oil terminal

Ukrainian armed forces attacked the settlement of Yermilovo in the Vyborgsky District of Russia’s Leningrad Region, a locality that hosts an oil transhipment terminal, Aleksandr Drozdenko, the region’s governor, has reported.

Sharing a post on Telegram, he said, following the attack, a fire broke out in the settlement.

According to Drozdenko, the blaze occurred in a warehouse facility after the strike.

“There are no casualties. Fire units from the district have been dispatched to the scene,” he noted.

He added that a total of 12 drones were shot down over the region.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov