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India Today
05-07-2025
- Politics
- India Today
Dozens of Ukrainian drones downed by Russian air defences
Russian air defence units downed dozens of Ukrainian drones in widely dispersed parts of the country, including two near the country's second-largest city, St. Petersburg, officials Drozdenko, Governor of Leningrad region surrounding St. Petersburg, wrote on Telegram that two drones were downed in different districts south of the said no injuries or damage was reported. Operations were suspended for a time at St. Petersburg's Pulkovo The governor of Smolensk region in western Russia said anti-aircraft units had downed three drones without any casualties or damage. The governor of Voronezh region, next to Ukraine said "several" drones had been Russian Defence Ministry reported a total of 42 drones destroyed over a three-hour period, 37 of them in three regions bordering Ukraine -- Belgorod, Bryansk and has deployed drones increasingly in attacks on distant targets in Russian territory. In one spectacular set of strikes last month, in an operation dubbed "Spider's Web", a number of Russian bombers were hit at various air forces have used increasing numbers of drones to target Ukrainian cities, with a record total of 539 drones and 11 missiles deployed against Kyiv on Thursday night, according to the Ukrainian air President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his military had successfully deployed drone interceptors to down Russian drones in the overnight attack.- EndsMust Watch
Yahoo
08-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Drones attack oil refinery in Russia's Leningrad Oblast
The Russian authorities have reported that drones have attacked an oil refinery in Leningrad Oblast. Source: BBC News Russian; Leningrad Oblast Governor Alexander Drozdenko Quote from Drozdenko: "A UAV attack on Kirishi Refinery in the Kirishi district was repelled. Air defence downed one drone on approach, while another was destroyed over the facility's territory." Details: Drozdenko stated that debris had damaged the external structure of one of the facility's storage tanks, but "the consequences have been dealt with". Kirishi Petroleum Organic Synthesis is an oil refinery located in the town of Kirishi in Leningrad Oblast. It already came under a drone attack a year ago. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Another loaded Russian oil tanker stricken at sea
A heavily-laden Russian oil tanker ran aground in the Baltic Sea in northern Russia on Sunday, according to media reports. In the latest incident involving a Russian vessel, the Koala was carrying 130,000 tons of fuel oil, wrote the Russian-language Baza Telegram channel, which has close ties to the Russian security services. "According to our sources, there were several explosions in the engine room, after which the ship filled with water," posted the outlet. The governor of the Leningrad region by the city of St Petersburg, Alexander Drozdenko, later confirmed an accident in the area. The tanker's engine room was damaged when the engines were started, the official said. The accident occurred near the port of Ust-Luga, around 150 kilometres west of St Petersburg. All 24 crew members were reportedly able to safely disembark onto the land. While Baza reported that the stern of the tanker ran aground on a sandbank, Drozdenko said it was able to be moored at a jetty with no loss of oil into the water. The ship officially flies the flag of Antigua and Barbuda. It is unclear whether it also belongs to Russia's so-called shadow fleet, which the country uses to circumvent international sanctions on its export of oil. Meanwhile, another tanker reportedly ran aground in the Russian Far East. According to the Interfax news agency, a Chinese vessel encountered difficulties in a storm near the Russian island of Sakhalin. Authorities were preparing for a possible pump-out of part of the load on board the tanker, which was said to be carrying coal and heavy fuel oil. In mid-December, two Russian tankers carrying thousands of tons of fuel oil sank in the Black Sea, causing major spillages into the sea and along the shoreline. According to ecologists, the environmental damage in the Kerch Strait, which separates Russia from Crimea, will continue for many years.
