Ukrainian media said the fire at a gas company's facility in a port in northwestern Russia was a drone attack carried out by Ukraine's security services.
In addition, in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk Oblast, 25 civilians were killed in an attack by the Ukrainian army on a Russian-controlled base, and Russia is increasing its condemnation of Ukraine.
The governor of Russia's northwestern Leningrad region announced on the 21st that a fire had broken out at the terminal of Russia's major private gas company Novatek, located at a port facing the Baltic Sea, and local media reported that two drones had attacked it. I reported it.
Ukrainian media, citing sources, said the drone attack carried out by the Security Service of Ukraine targeted fuel supplies to the Russian military.
In addition, on the 21st, Pushilin, head of the pro-Russian faction in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, announced that 25 civilians were killed and 20 injured in an attack by the Ukrainian military in Donetsk, the capital of the Russian-controlled region.
In a statement, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs strongly condemned the attack, saying, ``Weapons provided by the West were used.We appeal to all countries and international organizations to condemn this terrorist attack.''
Meanwhile, the Russian military is also carrying out attacks using missiles and drones in various parts of Ukraine, and the American think tank Institute for the Study of War reported on the 20th that ``Russian forces are using missiles and drones to penetrate Ukraine's air defense network and put pressure on them.'' There is a possibility that they will continue to carry out attacks using a combination of aircraft."