The governor of Russia's Kursk region, which borders Ukraine, said today that a local fuel and lubricant warehouse was set on fire after it was hit by a Ukrainian drone, Reuters reports.
In a video posted on Telegram, local governor Roman Starovoit said no one was injured and the fuel tank was on fire.
A spokesman for the Russian company "Metaloinvest" said that its "Mikhailovsky GOK" iron ore refinery in Russia's Kursk region was operating normally today after it was struck twice by Ukrainian drones in incidents about two hours apart, Reuters reported.
Authorities in Russia's Belgorod and Voronezh regions said separately on Wednesday that Ukrainian drones had been shot down over the two border regions.
Reuters also reports that the Ukrainian Air Force announced that Ukrainian air defenses shot down 38 of the 42 Russian drones that were launched overnight.
It is one of the largest Russian drone attacks on Ukrainian regions in recent weeks.
The Air Force announced that the "Shahid" kamikaze drones were shot down over the south, center, west and northeast of the country.
Air warnings in some regions lasted more than two hours.
Regional officials in Sumi in the northeast reported several drone strikes in different parts of the city, but did not provide details on damage or casualties. In the Kharkiv region, a school building was damaged in the attack, and in the Dnipropetrovsk region, a power line was hit, regional officials announced.
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