MOSCOW (Reuters) – The headquarters of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) in Belgorod, in the west of the country, was targeted by a drone attack launched by Ukrainian forces, the Tass agency reported on Wednesday which cites local authorities.
No casualties were reported but damage was noted on the building.
Kyiv also launched a new series of air attacks against several other Russian regions, once again targeting oil infrastructure.
“UAVs (drones, editor’s note) attacked the Ryazan refinery,” Alexander Gusev, the governor of the region of the same name, located south of Moscow, wrote on Telegram.
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“A fire broke out there. According to the first information available, there were casualties.”
According to the Russian Defense Minister, 58 Ukrainian drones were shot down during this attack.
(Reuters editorial staff, with Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; French version Nicolas Delame, edited by Kate Entringer)
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