Ukraine claims attack on oil depot in Russia

Ukraine launched an overnight strike deep inside Russia that set fire to an oil depot in the city of Engels that serves an air base for Russian nuclear bomber planes, the Ukrainian military said on Jan 8.

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The governor of the Russian region said Engels and Saratov, on opposite sides of the Volga river, had been subject to a "mass drone attack" and there was a fire at an industrial site, which he did not name.

He said there was no word of any casualties.

The Ukrainian military reported multiple explosions and a big fire at the "Krista" oil depot, which it said provided fuel to the "Engels-2" military airfield.