INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
One person died Saturday in the Russian border region of Belgorod adjoining Ukraine and a fire broke out at an oil refinery further east in
Samara after drone attacks, officials said.Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov wrote on Telegram that two districts in his region had been
Samara, meanwhile, saw "several drone attacks" on local oil refineries, Governor Dmitry Azarov said in a statement published on Telegram.One
Rosneft, is one of the largest in Samara, with a production capacity of seven million tons per year, according to its official website.A
drone attack on another refinery in the region, Novokuibyshevsk, "was repelled without damaging the technological equipment," according to
Azarov."We see that the enemy, which is suffering defeats on the battlefield, is doing everything possible to undermine our endurance and
unity," he said.Separately, the Russian Defense Ministry said in a press release that it had destroyed "12 Ukrainian drones" overnight over
the regions of Bryansk, Belgorod and Voronezh, all three of which border Ukraine, as well as over the region of Saratov.Ukraine, which has
been facing a Russian offensive for over two years, has stepped up its attacks inside Russia in recent weeks, targeting energy sites in
particular.Kyiv had promised to bring the fighting to Russian soil in retaliation for the numerous bombardments on its territory.
