The fire occurred after a drone attack on the fuel and energy complex in the Livensky district of the Oryol region of the Russian Federation, said the head of the region Andrei Klychkov.
“At night, the Oryol region was again attacked by a UAV, which resulted in a fire at the fuel and energy complex facilities in the Livensky district,” the head of the region wrote in his Telegram channel on Tuesday, December 2. According to the governor, there were no casualties; Emergency Situations Ministry employees are working at the scene.
The Russian Ministry of Defense reported that 45 drones were destroyed on Tuesday night. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, 14 drones were shot down over the Bryansk region, 8 over the Krasnodar region, 6 over the annexed Crimea, 5 over the Volgograd region, 4 over the Chechen Republic, 2 over the Rostov region, one each over the Oryol, Lipetsk and Tver regions, as well as 3 over Cherny by sea.
For flight safety reasons, the Federal Air Transport Agency introduced restrictions at the airports of Vladikavkaz, Grozny, Nalchik, Magas, Krasnodar, Tambov and Makhachkala. By morning they were removed.
UAV attacks on Russian regions began in 2022 against the backdrop of a “special military operation” in Ukraine.
Kyiv did not officially confirm its involvement, but in August 2023, the adviser to the head of the office of the Ukrainian president, Mikhail Podolyak, said that the number of UAV strikes on Russia “will increase.”
In early March 2023 President Vladimir Zelensky said that the whole world sees the results of Ukraine’s use of drones of its own production at strategic sites in Russia. “I think everyone sees that our drones work. And they work long-range. Our long-range is a real approach to security for everyone,” the head of the Ukrainian state said in a video message after a massive drone attack on the regions of the Russian Federation, including the Moscow region.
Zelensky emphasized that “Ukraine will inflict retaliatory losses on the Russian state – quite rightly.”
In May 2023, a drone exploded over the Senate palace in the Kremlin, UAVs repeatedly hit the buildings of the Moscow City business center. The border Bryansk, Belgorod and Kursk regions and annexed Crimea are also often targets.