In this photo published by the Telegram channel of Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko, firefighters extinguish the fire at Russia's second-largest natural gas producer Novatek in the port of Ust-Luga, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, January 21 . 2024. Local media reported that the port was attacked by Ukrainian drones, causing a gas tank to explode.
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In this photo published by the Telegram channel of Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko, firefighters extinguish the fire at Russia's second-largest natural gas producer Novatek in the port of Ust-Luga, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, January 21 . 2024. Local media reported that the port was attacked by Ukrainian drones, causing a gas tank to explode.
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KYIV, Ukraine – At least 25 people were killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of the city of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, local officials reported Sunday.
Another 20 people were injured in the strike in the suburb of Tekstilshchik, including two children, said Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk. He said the grenades were fired by the Ukrainian military.
Kiev has not commented on the incident and the claims could not be independently verified by The Associated Press.
Emergency services continued to work at the scene, Pushilin said.
Emergency services continued to work at the scene, Pushilin said.
Also on Sunday, a fire broke out after two explosions at a chemical transport terminal in the Russian port of Ust-Luga, regional officials said. Local media reported that the port was attacked by Ukrainian drones, causing a gas tank to explode.
The fire occurred at a site belonging to Russia's second-largest natural gas producer Novatek, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg.
The head of the port in Russia's Kingisepp region, Yuriy Zapalatskiy, said in a statement that there were no injuries but that the district had been placed on high alert.
The Fontanka news agency reported that two drones were spotted flying towards St. Petersburg on Sunday morning, but they were diverted towards the Kingisepp region. The Associated Press could not independently verify the reports.
The Russian Defense Ministry did not report any drone activity in the Kingisepp area in its daily briefing. Four Ukrainian drones were shot down in Russia's Smolensk region and two more in the Oryol and Tula regions, it said.
Russian officials had previously confirmed that a Ukrainian drone was shot down on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Thursday.