Ukraine drone attack causes fire at Sochi oil depot, Russia says

A large oil depot fireplace close to Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi has been blamed by Moscow on an in a single day Ukrainian drone assault.

Krasnodar area Governor Veniamin Kondratyev stated drone particles hit a gas tank and 127 firefighters have been on Sunday tackling the blaze, which was later put out.

The airport close to Sochi – the venue of the 2014 Winter Olympic Video games – briefly suspended flights.

In the meantime, Russia once more bombed a key bridge in Ukraine’s southern metropolis of Kherson, killing one man, native officers stated. In close by Mykolaiv, seven folks have been injured and a number of other properties destroyed.

Ukraine earlier reported seven deaths in Saturday’s Russian assaults within the Kherson and jap Donetsk areas.

Russian authorities stated the drone assault on the Sochi refinery was considered one of a number of launched by Ukraine over the weekend.

They stated installations have been focused within the central Russian cities of Ryazan, Penza, in addition to Voronezh – not removed from the border with Ukraine. The Voronezh regional governor stated 4 folks have been injured in a single drone strike.

Ukraine has not commented on the strikes. It has been concentrating on Russia’s power infrastructure in retaliation to Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid all through the warfare.

Russia’s defence ministry stated its air defences intercepted 93 Ukrainian drones in a single day, 60 of which have been over the Black Sea area.

Ukraine’s air power stated Russia fired 83 drones or 76 drones and 7 missiles in a single day, 61 of which have been shot down. It added that 16 drones and 6 missiles struck targets in eight places.

Within the metropolis of Kherson, regional head Oleksandr Prokudin referred to as for a partial evacuation after the important thing Ostrivsky bridge was once more hit on Sunday morning.

The bridge linking the Korabel island district with the remainder of town had already been badly broken in Russian strikes earlier this week. Some 1,800 folks nonetheless dwell within the district.

The brand new Russian strikes come after a very lethal week for civilians in Ukraine, together with an attack on Kyiv on Thursday that killed at least 31 people.

Greater than 300 drones and eight cruise missiles have been launched within the assault, Ukrainian officers stated, making the assault one of many deadliest on the capital since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Following the strikes, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky referred to as for stronger worldwide sanctions on Russia this week, whereas US President Donald Trump condemned Russia’s actions in Ukraine and advised new sanctions towards Moscow have been coming.

In July, Trump stated Putin had 50 days to finish the warfare, or Russia would face extreme tariffs concentrating on its oil and different exports.

On Monday, Trump set a brand new “10 or 12” day deadline. He later set a brand new deadline, which might expire on 8 August.