“The Kiev regime continues to indicate its beastly face. They’re attacking civilian infrastructure, individuals,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed reporters on Monday when requested concerning the incident.
The fuel terminal is positioned greater than 850 kilometers (530 miles) from Ukraine.
The hearth was the most recent in a sequence of obvious Ukrainian assaults on Russian power services. Final week, Kiev claimed accountability for 2 different assaults, together with one in the identical Leningrad area the place Ust-Luga is positioned.
Each Russia and Ukraine use explosive-laden drones to hit targets deep behind the entrance traces, and their forces declare to have usually shot down enemy units over their territories.
“The Ministry of Protection and air protection property are taking all vital measures to guard in opposition to such assaults,” Peskov instructed reporters in a briefing name on Monday.
Native authorities mentioned there have been no accidents because of the fireplace, which raged on Sunday morning, and that each one workers had been evacuated.
The Kremlin on Sunday additionally referred to as the assault on town of Donetsk an act of “terrorism”, killing no less than 27 individuals.
Artillery fireplace struck a suburb of town, which Russia controls and claims to have annexed, hitting a busy market, native officers mentioned.
“The particular army operation will proceed to guard our individuals from this hazard,” Peskov mentioned on Monday, utilizing Moscow's most well-liked language to confer with its large-scale army offensive in opposition to Ukraine.
