{"id":37837,"date":"2025-07-12T06:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/massive-fire-seen-as-ukraine-hits-russian-oil-depots-with-a-drone-strike\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T06:24:02","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T06:24:02","slug":"massive-fire-seen-as-ukraine-hits-russian-oil-depots-with-a-drone-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/massive-fire-seen-as-ukraine-hits-russian-oil-depots-with-a-drone-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Massive fire seen as Ukraine hits Russian oil depots with a drone strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s national security service said Wednesday that it had struck two Russian state-owned oil depots in the western Russian region of Smolensk. The Reuters news agency quoted a Ukrainian intelligence official as saying the drone strike had destroyed more than 26,000 cubic meters \u2014 slightly less than 1 million cubic feet \u2014 of fuel at the depots owned by Russia&#8217;s Rosneft energy corporation.<\/p>\n<p>Unverified videos published on social media showed huge fires and columns of thick black smoke rising from what appeared to be two oil storage tanks at one of the facilities, which are west of Moscow near the country&#8217;s borders with Belarus and <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The governor of Russia&#8217;s Smolensk region, Vasily Anothkin, first <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/anohin67\/2027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a>\u00a0the strike early Wednesday on social media, saying his &#8220;region was again targeted by Ukrainian drone attacks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Anothkin said no one was injured in the attack, but &#8220;fire did erupt on the civilian infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/24\/ed1b4416-37a0-416b-b26d-8c7725d99738\/thumbnail\/620x393\/bdb2f502a661a00687086bed3dff8efd\/smolensk-russia-oil.jpg#\" alt=\"smolensk-russia-oil.jpg \" height=\"393\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/24\/ed1b4416-37a0-416b-b26d-8c7725d99738\/thumbnail\/620x393\/bdb2f502a661a00687086bed3dff8efd\/smolensk-russia-oil.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2024\/04\/24\/ed1b4416-37a0-416b-b26d-8c7725d99738\/thumbnail\/1240x786\/6f182426ef11a2d04e57933ae879de55\/smolensk-russia-oil.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A video screengrab shows a large fire burning at what was reportedly a state-owned oil storage depot in Yartsevo, Smolensk Oblast,  Russia, after a Ukrainian drone attack, April 24,  2024.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Reuters<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He offered an update later Wednesday to say the &#8220;fire has been localized,&#8221; indicating there was no longer a threat of the blaze spreading beyond the premises.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in Russia&#8217;s Voronezh and Lipetsk regions, south of Smolensk, also reported drone attacks on industrial zones.<\/p>\n<p>Lipetsk governor Igor Artamanov <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/igor_artamonov48\/2569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in a social media post Wednesday that no residential buildings were hit when the &#8220;Ukrainian regime attempted to strike at the infrastructure in the industrial zone&#8221; of his region. He said there were no casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Since President Vladimir Putin ordered the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Russia&#8217;s forces have systematically targeted Ukrainian energy, transport and food production infrastructure.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/02\/13\/5c840ebe-4d2e-42bf-901d-77374e16abb4\/thumbnail\/620x540\/d4b99c79ce8f701c24c8038c8a362f4e\/ukraine-russia-map-3.jpg#\" alt=\"Ukraine-Russia map \" height=\"540\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2022\/02\/13\/5c840ebe-4d2e-42bf-901d-77374e16abb4\/thumbnail\/620x540\/d4b99c79ce8f701c24c8038c8a362f4e\/ukraine-russia-map-3.jpg 1x, 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