Ukrainian drone attacks on Tuesday set alight a gas facility and commercial websites hundreds of kilometers from one another in Russia, authorities said.In the energy-rich republic of Tatarstan, a drone struck a gas storage tank, sending flames and thick smoke rippling towards the sky near the city of Kazan, according to media and the local government.In the Saratov region more than 600 kilometers (373 miles) southwest of Kazan, a massive drone attack harmed 2 industrial sites in the city of Engels, according to the local governor.Tatarstan local media said the drone had actually struck a melted gas storage site near a chemical factory near Kazan, and released images revealing flames and black smoke rising towards the sky.
A gas tank caught fire ...
following a drone attack, the city government said on the Telegram messaging service, including that nobody was hurt.Meanwhile in Engels, 2 commercial sites were damaged following a enormous drone attack, regional Governor Roman Bussargin wrote on Telegram.One of the sites was on fire, he added.Schools in Saratov and Engels will hold classes online on Tuesday because of the attacks, he said.The attack on Engels came days after a Jan.
8 drone strike triggered a fire at an oil site that eliminated 2 firemens and took five days to put out, according to regional authorities.Ukraine frequently hits military and energy websites in Russia, in retaliation against Russian strikes on its territory that started when Moscow sent out soldiers into its next-door neighbor in February 2022.
Russia and Ukraine have actually upped their strikes on one another ahead of U.S.
President-elect Donald Trumps inauguration on Jan.
20.
Trump has stated that he intended to stop the almost three-year war and each side wishes to remain in the strongest negotiating position before the brand-new U.S.
administration begins any talks on ending the conflict.