Lagatar24 Desk
Belgorod, April 1: A fuel store in the Russian city of Belgorod was bombed by two Ukrainian military helicopters on Friday, said a Russian official according to Reuters.
This marks the first accusation of a Ukrainian air strike on Russian soil since Moscow invaded its neighbour in late February.
The supposed attack was captured on video, and it appeared that many missiles were fired from a low altitude, followed by an explosion. The photographs have yet to be verified by Reuters.
Regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed on Telegram that the helicopters struck the plant after crossing the border at a low height.
Gladkov stated that the subsequent fire injured two workers and that several portions of the city near the Ukrainian border were evacuated.
However, the fuel depot’s owner, Russian oil company Rosneft (ROSN.MM), claimed in a second statement that no one was injured in the fire, though it did not specify what caused it.
The Ukrainian defence ministry could not be reached for comment right away.
On Wednesday, a munitions dump in Belgorod caught fire, resulting in a sequence of explosions. Gladkov said at the time that officials were waiting for the Russian defence ministry to establish the reason of the incident.
Moscow refers to its military intervention in Ukraine as a “special military operation.”
