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Ukrainian unmanned raids of aircraft caused large fires at oil facilities near the Russian resort of Sochi in the Black Sea, while Russian missiles continue in Ukraine.
Sochi mayor Andrei Sminunin said that fragments of drones also fall into a nearby garage, adding that there were no losses.
Video is widespread on a telegram, show huge columns of tobacco rising above oil plants.
“Fortunately, this time there were no losses. The situation is under full control, ”said Sochi Mayor Andrei Ponton.
“The whole city infrastructure works normally. In the morning we eliminate garbage, help citizens and minimize the risks of collapse. Emergency groups receive deposits from victims to immediately provide the necessary assistance, ”the mayor said.
According to the Russian governor Krasnodar, Benjamin Kratiev, more than 120 firefighters took part in the fire extinguishing operation, which was caused when fragments of a damaged unmanned aircraft fell into the fuel tank.
Attacks forced the Russian Civil Aviation Administration to temporarily stop flights to Sochi Airport.
In the area of Russia, Varonese, a woman was wounded in a leg from a night life on a Ukrainian unmanned plane, while fires flashed from fragments of houses and other buildings, the regional governor Alexander Gusev said.
Earlier, Russian officials reported that three people were killed by the attacks of Ukrainian unmanned aircraft during the night until Saturday.
The warring parties refuse to target civilians during the war, which broke out with the invasion of Russian troops in Ukraine in February 2022.
Kyiv claims that his attacks on the territory of the Russian Federation are turning against infrastructure, which strengthens the Russian military machine and is subjected to the revenue of the continuous blows of Russia in Ukraine.
Russian attacks spread throughout Ukraine
At the same time, Russian attacks on Ukrainian territory continue. In the city of Mikolav, in the south, local authorities announced that at least seven people were injured after the Russian missile attack, which fell into the residential area.
In Kharkov, according to officials, eleven people were injured in the city, the second largest in Ukraine. The attacks followed for those Saturdays that left at least seven dead and more than 20 wounded in the regions of Donetsk and Kherson.
The attacks were completed in a week, which was the most deadly in Ukraine in recent months. The Russian missile attack on Thursday killed 31 people, including five children in the capital of Kyiv, and about 150 people were injured.
Explosions near the Zaporizia nuclear power plant
The head of the International Atomic Energy Organization (IAEA) called for the “maximum self -esteem” of “close nuclear objects” after a short distance from the nuclear station of Zaporia in the southeast -east of Ukraine.
Rafael Grossy, referring to Zaporizia nuclear staff, said that the auxiliary institution in the neighboring zone suffered on Saturday in artillery shots and unmanned aircraft. The Magate step in this area reported about explosions and tobacco about 1200 meters from the perimeter of the nuclear station.
“Any attack near the nuclear station – regardless of the pursued target – is a risk for nuclear security safety, and it should be avoided,” Grossy said. “Once again, I am looking for maximum restraint near nuclear institutions to prevent the constant risk of a nuclear accident,” the head of the Magate emphasized.
The Zaporizia nuclear station – the largest in Europe – is located in the Russian control city of Einmadar, on the southern bank of the Dneper River.
The IAEA played a decisive role in ensuring the safety of the nuclear power plants of Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022. He often sends the scale to inspect active nuclear reactors to Riven and Khmelnitsky.
Attacks are intensified in the midst of an obvious confrontation of Trump-Putin
The ongoing attacks occurred a few hours after Donald Trump gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a new deadline for August 8 to succeed in efforts to maintain peace.
On Thursday, the US President said that the special envoy of Steve Vitkov will go to Russia to push Moscow in order to agree on a ceasefire in the war with Ukraine and threatens new financial sanctions if no progress has been reached. But the date and other details of the trip have not yet been announced.
In the midst of a slowdown in peacekeeping efforts and the apparent measurement between Trump and Putin, the battle intensified with Moscow to increase pressure.
According to Ukrainian Air Force, 60 Russian unmanned aircraft and rocket were intercepted during the night before Sunday, but another 16 and six missiles reached the targets in eight places.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its airline dropped 93 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft over Russia and the Black Sea on Sunday.