Russia targeted by several Ukrainian attacks in a nuclear power plant and an oil port
Russian local authorities indicated in the night that they had intercepted Ukrainian drones in regions sometimes far from the front like that of Saint Petersburg, in the northwest of the country, or on the Volga.
It is one of these missiles, shot down shortly by the Russian anti-aircraft defense, which “Has exploded and damaged an auxiliary transformer” On the field of the nuclear power plant located in the Russian region border of Koursk, causing a fire, according to its operator. “The fire has been extinguished”he added, adding that there was no victim but that the operation of a reactor had been reduced. The rate of cancellation has, according to him, “Not changed”.
On the Côte de la Baltic, the interception of ten drones on the port of Oust-Louga, near Saint Petersburg, caused a fire in an oil terminal in the Russian group Novatek, said regional governor Alexandre Drozdenko on Telegram. “The firefighters and the ministry of emergency situations are at work to extinguish it”he added.
These attacks are involved as Ukraine, a former Soviet Republic, famous for his thirty-four years of independence on Sunday. “The Ukrainian people will never surrender and will never give up their independence”insisted the chief of the armies, Oleksandr Syrsky, Sunday morning on this occasion, while the chief of diplomacy, Andrii Sybiha, described the independence of Ukraine as “Emberant of Europe’s security”.
On the Ukrainian side, a 47 -year -old woman died Sunday morning in a Russian drone shot in the Dnipropetrovsk region, east of the country, according to the regional governor Serhi Lyssak on Telegram. During this attack, Russia launched 72 Shahed type drones and various types of lures as well as ballistic missile, said the Ukrainian air forces, which recorded “The impacts of 24 drones and a missile (…) in 10 places”.
