2023-05-27 10:46:07
Near the border with Belarus, a building linked to the operation of oil pipelines was damaged by a drone attack, according to the Russian governor of the region. An oil pipeline was also reportedly targeted in another region.
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The governor of the Pskov oblast, a Russian border region located near Belarus, announced this Saturday, May 27 on Telegram that a drone attack had damaged an administrative building linked to the operation of oil pipelines.
The facts allegedly occurred near the village of Litvinovo, less than ten kilometers from the border between Russia and Belarus. “At the moment we know that the targeted building was damaged by the drones“, declared the governor, Mikhail Vedernikov, while assuring that no one had been injured and that an operational team was on site to estimate the damage.
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While he did not point the finger at Ukraine for this attack carried out by two drones equipped with explosive devices, this incident nevertheless occurs following several other similar explosions perpetrated by drones within Russian borders, and resulting in the destruction of buildings as well as the death of inhabitants of these regions. Ukraine has never publicly acknowledged being behind the explosions, but several Ukrainian officials have welcomed the news. So far, no official in kyiv has commented on the drone attack in the Pskov Oblate.
According to unconfirmed reports published by Baza, a Russian media outlet on Telegram with sources in the secret service, the drones targeted the Transneft oil pumping station in Pskov.
A second oil station targeted
Baza also reported a drone attack that targeted another oil station, in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow. In a press release, the regional government for its part simply mentioned “the fall of a dronenear the village of Erokhino, with no casualties. He did not give further details on the circumstances of the incident.
Finally, the Belgorod region, the target of a spectacular armed incursion from Ukraine earlier this week, suffered new strikes in a village near the border, according to a message from its governor Vyacheslav Gladkov on Telegram on Saturday. The leader did not report any casualties at this stage.
In recent weeks, reports of drone attacks in Russia have increased, usually in regions bordering Ukraine. On Friday, two drones damaged buildings in the center of the city of Krasnodar in southern Russia.
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