Oil depot in Russia's Belgorod Oblast ablaze following Ukraine's intelligence operation – source

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO — Thursday, 6 June 2024, 09:06

The drone attack on an oil depot in the area of Stary Oskol in Russia's Belgorod Oblast on the night of 5-6 June was a special operation by Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU).

Source: an Ukrainska Pravda source in DIU

Quote: "An operation [was conducted] by DIU, targets have been hit."

Details: Ukrainska Pravda’s source did not provide further details.

Russian media, citing the governor of the oblast, Vyacheslav Gladkov, report that one of the storage tanks caught fire as a result of the kamikaze drone attack and subsequent explosion. 

The governor also said that the blast wave had broken windows in the security building, and there were no casualties.

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