Putin To Vietnam, Ukraine Attacks 2 Russian Fuel Depots

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JAKARTA - The fire broke out in two Russian fuel depots after a drone strike. This incident became a series of Ukrainian attacks on the Russian oil industry.

Maxim Yegorov, governor of the Tambov region in southeastern Moscow, said firefighters were overcoming the fire at the Badmintonnovskaya fuel depot that occurred after the explosion that may have been caused by a drone. No one was injured, he said.

Reported by Reuters on Thursday, June 20, RIA news agency said the second reservoir caught fire in the fuel depot. Local emergency services issued warnings for possible drone strikes, urging civilians to exercise caution and avoid open spaces.

Previously, a fire broke out in a fuel depot in Russia's Adygeya region in the North Kaupas following the Ukrainian drone attack. But the fire has been successfully extinguished, wrote regional head Murat Kumpilov on the Telegram messaging app.

drone attacks on large fuel depots across Russia have escalated in recent days. Meanwhile, attacks on oil refineries, whose operations have had a much larger impact on global oil markets and prices, have eased.

Ukraine says Russia's energy installation was a legitimate target as it supported Moscow's war efforts at the time Russian attacks hit Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.

The Russian attack on Wednesday, June 19 evening, damaged energy infrastructure in four Ukrainian regions, Ukraine's energy ministry said, injuring three workers and cutting off electricity to customers.