"Heightened threat": The US embassy in Ukraine warned Wednesday there was a "heightened threat of missile attacks,” including in Kyiv.Kherson attacks: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky lashed out against Russia after at least 21 people were killed by shelling in the southern Kherson region Wednesday.Oil refinery fire: An alleged drone attack caused a fire at an oil refinery in southwestern Russia on Thursday - the second apparent cross-border strike on a Russian fuel depot in two days, according to Russian state media.Air alerts rang out in most of the eastern half of Ukraine, and civilians were warned to "stay in safe places" until the alert is over. Explosions and air alerts: Blasts were heard in Kyiv and Odesa early Thursday morning, with air defenses activated in Kyiv, according to a Ukrainian official and the regional military administration.Increased cross-border attacks from both Russia and Ukraine in recent weeks appear to be an attempt to weaken each other ahead of a long anticipated spring offensive. Some context: CNN's Chief International Security Correspondent Nick Paton Walsh writes that Ukraine is apparently striking at fuel depots in Russian-occupied areas and inside Russia itself - seemingly precise attacks but ones to which Kyiv is making no overt claim. Ukraine has not commented on the incidents. It is unclear how the fuel storage tank caught fire. That facility is close to the Kerch bridge that was set ablaze by Ukrainian forces in October 2022. Veniamin Kondratiev.Īnd on Wednesday, Russian state media reported a drone strike ignited a fire that engulfed an oil storage facility in the port of Volna, also in Krasnodar. There were no casualties, according to Krasnodar Gov. Oil targeted: According to Russian state media and officials, the alleged attack is the third such strike launched by Ukraine against fuel depots inside Russian territory in the past two days.Ī fire broke out at the Ilsky oil refinery in the southwestern Krasnodar region, caused by "an attack by an unknown drone," state-run news agency Tass reported earlier Thursday. It is unclear who is responsible for the alleged attack. No casualties or injuries were reported and the strike caused little damage to the facilities, Golubev said. Staff at the plant immediately extinguished the fire, he added. Vasily Golubev said on Telegram on Thursday. The drone crashed into the construction site of an overpass at the Novoshakhtinsk plant near the village of Kiselevka, Rostov Gov.
Meanwhile, A former Russian lawmaker linked with militant groups in the country told CNN the alleged attack was the work of Russian partisans, not the Ukrainian military.įire broke out a petroleum plant in southwestern Russia on Wednesday night after a drone attack, according to a regional governor - the third apparent Ukrainian strike on a Russian fuel depot in two days. US officials said they were still assessing the incident, and had no information about who might have been responsible. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky denied the accusations, saying during a news conference: "We don't attack Putin or Moscow." Putin was not in the building at the time, said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.
Video on social media shows a bright flash and a puff of smoke over a part of the Kremlin, the official residence of the Russian president and the most potent symbol of power in Moscow. Kremlin incident: Ukraine has denied any involvement in what Russia says was a drone attack on the Kremlin and an assassination attempt against Putin early Wednesday morning. The other three struck dormitories of an educational institution. Photos released by Ukraine’s Southern Command show the messages written on two tails of the drones, which the command said showed the apparent “reason for the attack.”Īccording to the Southern Command, 15 Shahed-131/136 drones were fired at Odesa, of which 12 were destroyed by air defense forces and mobile fire groups. Messages written on Russian drones launched at Odesa overnight read “for Moscow” and “for the Kremlin,” according to the Ukrainian military, an apparent reference to an alleged assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin. An apparent message on the tail of a downed Russian drone reads "For the Kremlin," in this photo supplied by the Ukrainian military.
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