The Russian authorities announced a massive UAV attack on Engels. A fire broke out near the oil depot

Saratov and Engels in Russia suffered a massive UAV attack last night, there is damage to one of the industrial enterprises, wrote the governor of the Saratov region, Roman Busargin, in the morning of January 8.

According to preliminary information, no one was injured. A fire broke out at the enterprise that was attacked, Russian authorities say.

Russian Telegram channels note that a fire broke out in Engels in the area of ​​an oil depot as a result of falling fragments of a downed UAV.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported the downing of 32 drones in seven Russian regions. In particular, 11 UAVs over the territory of the Saratov region, four UAVs each – over the territories of the Kursk and Rostov regions. And also three each – over the Belgorod and Bryansk regions, two – over the Krasnodar Territory, one – over the Volgograd Region and four – over the waters of the Sea of ​​Azov.

The editorial staff of Radio Svoboda cannot independently verify this data.

After a series of large-scale Russian strikes on Ukrainian territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine would continue to strike military facilities on Russian territory. Previously, the Ukrainian side, confirming similar attacks on refineries on Russian territory, noted that such facilities are actively used to supply the occupying army of the Russian Federation.

Since the beginning of 2024, Russian refineries have been regularly attacked by Ukrainian drones. At some plants, primary oil processing units failed and required repair. However, already in April, Russia was able to partially restore the capacities of key oil refineries.

According to the BBC’s calculations, published in August, since the beginning of the year, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have attacked refineries and oil infrastructure in Russia at least 64 times.