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A drone onslaught sparked a occurrence astatine an lipid depot successful the occidental Russian metropolis of Penza aboriginal connected Friday (January 23, 2026), without causing immoderate casualties, the region's Governor said.
Social media videos purported to amusement a file of flames spewing from the tract of an lipid depot successful Penza's eastbound suburbs, astir 618 kilometres (384 miles) from the beforehand line.
Officials did not elaborate connected the root of the drones, but the Russian Defence Ministry said its aerial defences had intercepted astatine slightest 12 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 1 implicit the Penza region.
Ukraine, which has targeted Russian vigor infrastructure passim the astir four-year warfare successful an effort to sap the country's warfare chest, did not instantly comment.
"At astir 4:00 americium (0100 GMT), a drone onslaught caused a occurrence astatine an lipid depot successful Penza. According to preliminary data, determination are nary casualties oregon injuries," Governor Oleg Melnichenko said connected Telegram.
Relatively inexpensive Ukrainian drones person caused billions of dollars worthy of harm to Russian lipid and state facilities.
Kyiv says the attacks are just retaliation for Russian strikes connected its ain vigor system.
Russian bombardment of Ukraine's vigor grid successful caller weeks has near thousands of radical without heating and powerfulness during sub-zero temperatures.
