(Reuters) – Firefighters are bringing under control a large fire in a warehouse in Russia’s southern region of Samara, after Ukraine launched an overnight drone attack targeting enterprises there, media and authorities said on Monday.
“There are no injuries,” Russia’s emergency ministry said on the Telegram messaging app, citing early details of the fire in Novokuibyshevsk that it said was limited to an area of 1,600 sq m (17,000 sq ft).
The RIA news agency said a warehouse was on fire.
Russian air defence units destroyed three drones over the Samara region, the defence ministry said on Telegram.
The Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery was attacked, said Lieutenant Andriy Kovalenko, an official of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, without providing evidence or saying directly that Ukrainian drones had been involved.
Blasts were heard in the area of the oil refinery, the SHOT Telegram news channel reported, citing Samara residents.
Reuters could not independently verify the reports of the attack targets.
(Reporting by Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Clarence Fernandez)
