MOSCOW: An oil depot in the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine, is on fire after being shelled on Saturday (October 15th), the governor said, as strikes increase against the region.
“We are shelled again. One of the shells hit the oil depot in the Belgorod region,” said regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov.
He said emergency services were already on the scene, adding there was “no risk” of the fire spreading.
Gladkov posted a photo showing flames and plumes of black smoke rising above a building.
The official TASS news agency quoted an emergency service source as saying that the burning depot was located in the village of Razumnoye-71, near the city of Belgorod.
Last week, Russia complained of an increase in artillery and missile strikes on its border territory with Ukraine.
The Belgorod region is regularly the target of fire.
The capital of the region, also called Belgorod, had been more rarely affected.
But on Friday, a power plant in the city was set on fire by a Ukrainian strike, causing power cuts.
It happened a day after a rocket ripped through the top floor of an apartment building in the city of Belgorod, causing no injuries.
An ammunition depot in the area was also destroyed on Thursday.
Earlier in the week, Ukrainian strikes knocked out power in the town of Shebekino in the same region. A 74-year-old woman died and several others were injured in the city.