Russian oil depot fire after Ukrainian drone strike - as UN to meet over hypersonic missile attack
A drone strike by Ukraine has caused a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern Volgograd region, according to regional authorities.
A drone strike by Ukraine has caused a fire at an oil depot in Russia's southern Volgograd region, according to regional authorities.
In a post on Telegram, the local governor Andrei Bocharov said there had been no casualties reported so far.
He did not specify damage, but said people living nearby may have to be evacuated.
The Ukrainian military said it had struck the Zhutovskaya oil depot overnight, which was reportedly supplying fuel to Russian forces.
Russia uses hypersonic missile against Ukraine
The strike came a day after Russia attacked Ukraine using hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
For only the second time in the full-scale invasion which began in February 2022, Russia used an Oreshnik hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine on Friday, in a warning to Kyiv's NATO allies.
Europe's leaders condemned the Russian strike as "escalatory and unacceptable," and Ukraine's foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said the UN Security Council would hold an emergency meeting on 12 January to discuss the attack.
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