Ukrainian drones strike Russian regions, spark oil depot fire, 80 downed

No casualties were reported

MOSCOW, March 12. /TASS/. Alert air defense forces intercepted and destroyed 80 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles overnight over Russian regions and the waters of the Azov and Black Seas, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

A fire broke out at an oil depot in the Krasnodar Region due to falling drone debris. TASS has compiled the key information on the aftermath.

Scale

- On-duty air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 80 Ukrainian fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles overnight over Russian regions, the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

- According to the ministry, 30 drones were shot down over the Krasnodar Region, 14 over the Republic of Crimea, 10 over the Rostov Region, 8 over the waters of the Black Sea, five each over Bryansk and Belgorod regions, three over the Kursk Region, two each over the Kaluga Region and the waters of the Azov Sea, and one over the Voronezh Region.

Aftermath

- Drone debris fell on the premises of an oil depot in the Tikhoretsky District of the Krasnodar Region, igniting a fire covering an area of 150 square meters, the regional operational headquarters reported.

- No casualties were reported.

- A total of 83 personnel and 26 pieces of firefighting equipment, with specialists from the Main Directorate of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations for the Krasnodar Region among them, are responding to the incident.

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