Russian oil refinery facility caught fire due to Ukrainian UAV, Kremlin said US aid would make it difficult to turn the situation around

Video: Mil.in.ua

Military site Mil.in.ua cited a number of videos posted on the social network Telegram showing that some Russians in Smolensk province in the early morning of April 24 recorded images of fire burning inside the facility. Russian Energy Department. Not far away are many petroleum tanks.

Governor of Smolensk province Vasily Anokhin, in a statement posted on social networks the same morning, confirmed that energy infrastructure located in Smolensky and Yartsevsky districts was attacked.

“Our Smolensk Oblast once again suffered attacks by Ukrainian UAVs. Air defense units of the Russian Armed Forces are fighting many air targets. It appears that an enemy attack on energy infrastructure caused fires in the Smolensky and Yartsevsky districts. Ministry of Emergency Situations staff are at the scene, people please stay calm and do not panic,” Mr. Anokhin wrote.

The Kremlin said US aid would make it difficult to turn the situation around

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov today commented on the US Senate’s recent approval of a military aid package worth nearly 61 billion USD to Ukraine.

“The situation on the ground is now too clear. We continue to say that all the above new batches of weapons, most of which seem to be ready at the moment, will not be able to turn the situation on the front line,” Mr. Peskov told TASS news agency.

According to TASS, the above statement by the Kremlin Spokesperson was made just a few hours after the US Senate passed the aid bill to the Ukrainian government with voting results in favor and opposition of 79 and 18 respectively. It is expected that the above bill will be presented to US President Joe Biden for signing into law on April 24.

Ukraine used UAVs to attack oil facilities in western RussiaRussia accused Ukrainian troops of using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to attack civilian energy infrastructure systems, including oil facilities in the Smolensk region, western country this morning (April 24). .