In this picture launched by Telegram Channel of Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko hearth fighters extinguish the blaze at Russia’s second-largest pure fuel producer, Novatek in Ust-Luga port, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Local media reported that the port had been attacked by Ukrainian drones, inflicting a fuel tank to blow up.

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In this picture launched by Telegram Channel of Leningrad Region Governor Alexander Drozdenko hearth fighters extinguish the blaze at Russia’s second-largest pure fuel producer, Novatek in Ust-Luga port, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024. Local media reported that the port had been attacked by Ukrainian drones, inflicting a fuel tank to blow up.

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KYIV, Ukraine — At least 25 individuals had been killed Sunday by shelling at a market on the outskirts of town of Donetsk in Russian-occupied Ukraine, native officers reported Sunday.

An extra 20 individuals had been injured within the strike on the suburb of Tekstilshchik, together with two youngsters, stated Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian-installed authorities in Donetsk. He stated that the shells had been fired by the Ukrainian army.

Kyiv has not commented on the occasion and the claims couldn’t be independently verified by The Associated Press.

Emergency providers proceed to work on the scene, Pushilin stated.

Emergency providers proceed to work on the scene, Pushilin stated.

Also Sunday, hearth broke out at a chemical transport terminal at Russia’s Ust-Luga port following two explosions, regional officers stated. Local media reported that the port had been attacked by Ukrainian drones, inflicting a fuel tank to blow up.

The blaze was at a website run by Russia’s second-largest pure fuel producer, Novatek, 165 kilometers southwest of St. Petersburg.

The head of the port in Russia’s Kingisepp area, Yuriy Zapalatskiy, stated in an announcement that there have been no casualties, however that the district had been positioned on excessive alert.

News outlet Fontanka reported that two drones had been detected flying in direction of St Petersburg Sunday morning, however that they had been redirected in direction of the Kingisepp area. The Associated Press couldn’t independently confirm the studies.

The Russian Ministry of Defense didn’t report any drone exercise within the Kingisepp space in its day by day briefing. It stated that 4 Ukrainian drones had been downed in Russia’s Smolensk area, and that two extra had been shot down within the Oryol and Tula areas.

Russian officers beforehand confirmed {that a} Ukrainian drone had been downed on the outskirts of St. Petersburg on Thursday.