The death toll was one dead and three injured this Saturday morning, after a Ukrainian drone attack on port facilities in southern Russia, local authorities said.
A fall of “drone debris” on a maritime terminal in Temryuk, on the Sea of Azov near the Kerch Strait separating Russia from annexed Crimea, caused a fire, said the governor of the Russian region of Krasnodar, Veniamin Kondratiev, on Telegram. One person was killed and three others injured, he added, specifying that 96 people were mobilized to fight the fire.
177 Ukrainian drones shot down
In recent weeks, Ukraine has increased drone strikes on occupied territories and on Russian territory, sometimes several hundred kilometers from the front. During the night from Friday to Saturday, the Russian army indicated that it had shot down a total of 177 Ukrainian drones.
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kyiv is particularly targeting Russian energy infrastructure, such as oil depots and refineries, in order to deprive Moscow of the revenue it earns from the sale of hydrocarbons. “Their goal is to divide Russian society, sow confusion and inflict economic damage. But they will not succeed,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday during a meeting with soldiers in the Kremlin.
