Russia accuses Ukraine of attacking fuel depot, Kyiv denies involvement
Global News
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters had entered Russian airspace and attacked the civilian oil storage facility.
A fiery explosion rocked a Russian fuel depot near the border around dawn Friday, and Moscow said Ukraine had attacked the facility, but Kyiv denied any involvement. There was no independent confirmation of details about the incident.
Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said two Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters had entered Russian airspace “at an extremely low altitude” and attacked the civilian oil storage facility on the outskirts of the city of Belgorod.
He said the facility was supplying petroleum “to civilian transport only. The oil base has nothing to do with Russian armed forces.”
Regional Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov said two workers at the depot were injured. But Russian media cited a statement from state oil company Rosneft that denied anyone was hurt.
More than 300 firefighters battled the blaze, using a helicopter and a special firefighting train, the Belgorod mayor’s office said. Gladkov said he met with residents who were moved from their homes to a nearby sports facility. He also posted photos of craters and metal fragments in a rural area where he said explosions had damaged a power line and broken a window.
It would not be the first attack reported inside Russia since the war began Feb. 24, although there has been nothing as dramatic.
Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s national security council, denied Ukraine was responsible.
“For some reason, they say that we did it, but in fact, this does not correspond with reality,” he said on Ukrainian television.
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