Russia-backed officials in the occupied eastern Ukrainian region of Luhansk say an attack on an oil depot in the town of Rovenky by Ukrainian forces late on May 10 killed three people and injured seven more and set off a large fire.
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RFE/RL could not independently confirm the Russian reports, which quoted separatist regional leader Natalia Pashchenko and Moscow-installed Governor Leonid Pasechnik.
It was the second reported attack on a Luhansk oil storage facility in three days that Pasechnik has blamed on U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS), without providing evidence. The earlier attack, in the city of Luhansk, injured five people.
Meanwhile, the governor of Russia’s southwestern region of Belgorod said on May 11 that several villages had come under Ukrainian fire that damaged dozens of houses and caused eight casualties.
Vyacheslav Gladkov said five people were hospitalized. Five villages were reportedly left without electricity.
The Kursk region’s governor, Roman Starovoit, said two drones were intercepted over that region.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said nine drones and 21 missiles had been downed over Belgorod and seven more drones intercepted over the Kursk and Volgograd regions.
RFE/RL could not independently confirm the reports.
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