Ukrainian drones targeted a small Russian petrochemical plant near Moscow in the latest of a series of intensified attacks on oil facilities in the country.
Russian air defence forces downed four Ukrainian drones on Friday evening in the Dzerzhinsky region near Kaluga, according to the region’s governor, Vladislav Shapsha.
The governor explained in a post on the Telegram platform that “there were no casualties or infrastructure damage” as a result of the attack.
On Thursday, the Ukrainian Armed Forces targeted a vital infrastructure facility at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant.
An explosive device was reportedly dropped within five meters of a fuel storage facility.
The press service detailed, “The Ukrainian Armed Forces continue their assaults on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Enerhodar, with infrastructure at the plant being shelled.
An unexploded ordnance was dropped near the fence area behind which diesel fuel tanks are located. Had the tanks been hit, the consequences could have been severe.”
Yuri Chernichuk, the plant’s director, confirmed the proximity of the dropped explosive device to the fuel storage facility’s fence.
He reassured that “the equipment and personnel at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant remained unharmed by the Ukrainian shelling.
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) visited the site and are expected to report back to the agency about the incident.”
