Nearly 300 Ukrainian drones strike Russian regions. Fire breaks out at fuel depot in southern Russia.
A fire broke out at a fuel depot in the village of Poltavskaya in Krasnodar Krai on June 25 after falling debris from Ukrainian drones struck the facility, the regional emergency operations center reported. No injuries were reported, according to preliminary information. The road connecting Poltavskaya to the village of Trudobelikovsky was closed as a result.
According to reports from the Ukrainian Telegram channel Exilenova+, three storage tanks caught fire, one of them full.
Russia’s Defense Ministry announced that its air defense forces shot down 269 Ukrainian drones overnight across 12 Russian regions, occupied Crimea, and the Black Sea.
Amid Ukrainian strikes on oil infrastructure, a fuel crisis has erupted in Russia, with 20 regions imposing restrictions on gasoline sales.
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