Russia confirmed this Friday that a cluster of oil wells in the town of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine, was attacked by two helicopters of that nation’s armed forces, flying in at low altitude.
In accordance with Russia todaytwo Ukrainian Mi-24 helicopters entered Russian airspace at high altitude from the south-west extremely lowaround 5 a.m. this Friday, and launched rockets at an oil depot on the outskirts of Belgorod.
The Russian Defense Ministry statement, released by ministry spokesman Igor Konashénkov, said the attack damaged some tanks set on fire.
“I would like to emphasize that this facility was only used to supply fuel civilian vehicles and that the bail has nothing to do with the Russian armed forces,” he said.
The region’s governor Viacheslav Gladkov reported that there were no dead or injured and that all residents of the area near the deposits were evacuated, he said.
The total area damaged by the flames is 1,200 square meters. Two diesel tanks were affected and have fuel leaks, while firefighters were cooling another five to stop the fire from spreading, the Emergencies Ministry said.
Referring to the fact, Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that it does not create “comfortable conditions for the continuation of negotiations” between Moscow and Kyiv.
Military operation update
In an update on the military operation conducted by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov specified that the Russian Armed Forces did it progressive on that day 8 kilometers in the People’s Republic Donetsk and they defeated a company of Ukrainian motorized infantry reinforced by a group of tanks.
The spokesman said that too cruise missile Onyx high-precision missiles from the Bastion coastal system destroyed the command post of a group of Ukrainian troops near the town of Shakhtiórskoye. The action was done with the drop 40 soldiers and 5 armored vehicles.
Operational-tactical aviation eliminated 40 military itemsincluding two anti-aircraft systems and 32 collection points for military equipment.
Russian air defense forces shot down one helicopter Ukrainian Mi-24 and four UAVs.
Overall, Russia destroys military action from the start 124 aircraft82 helicopters, 357 unmanned aerial vehicles, 1,854 tanks and other armored vehicles, 202 multiple rocket launcher systems, 777 howitzers and mortars, and 1,722 military special vehicles.