Kiev: More than 2 years have passed since the war between Russia and Ukraine. Till now, due to lack of weapons, Ukraine was lagging behind Russia in the war. But after receiving a consignment of Western weapons, Ukraine has once again made a strong comeback in the war. Ukraine has blown up Russia’s oil refinery and fuel depot in a major drone attack. Ukrainian drones attacked an oil refinery and a fuel depot in Russian border areas, in a move by Kiev to disrupt the Kremlin’s way of waging war and as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy seeks Western support in Europe’s biggest war since World War II.
Officials in the targeted areas gave this information on Thursday. Zelensky is scheduled to join world leaders including US President Joe Biden in D-Day commemorations in France on Thursday. He is to meet French officials on Friday. Zelensky’s visit comes a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that Russia could provide long-range weapons to other countries so they could attack Western targets. The threat came after North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) allies said they would allow Ukraine to use weapons supplied to Kiev to attack Russian territory.
Ukraine is fighting with Russia on the border
Ukrainian troops have been fighting to fend off a recent Russian offensive in eastern regions. Russia is seeking to take advantage of a shortage of ammunition and troops along the nearly 1,000-kilometer border following more than two years of war. Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of Russia’s Security Council, said Putin’s remarks made in St. Petersburg, Russia on Wednesday marked “an important change in our foreign policy.” “Let the United States and its allies feel the impact of the direct use of Russian weapons by others,” Medvedev wrote on his messaging app channel. Medvedev said Putin deliberately did not name potential recipient countries of the Russian weapons.
The depot caught fire after the attack
He said that they (weapons) can be given to anyone who considers America and its allies as their enemies. Rostov Governor Vasily Golubev said that the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s Rostov region was attacked by a drone at night, causing a fire. He said that the second attack forced firefighters to evacuate for some time. The damage caused in this is not yet known. Golubev said that there were no casualties. In another border region (Belgorod), a drone attacked an oil depot at night. Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said that the attack caused an explosion in an oil reservoir and a fire. He said that the fire was quickly extinguished and there were no casualties. It was not immediately possible to confirm the report. (AP)
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