Kyiv, Ukraine

A Ukrainian intelligence source on Wednesday (Apr 24) said that drones sent by Ukraine's SBU security service struck two Rosneft-owned oil depots in Russia's Smolensk region in an overnight attack. 

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The news agency Reuters reported citing a source that the depots contained 26,000 cubic metres of fuel and that the attack caused major fires and evacuation of personnel. 

"The SBU continues to effectively destroy military infrastructure and logistics that provide fuel to the Russian army in Ukraine. These facilities are and will remain our absolutely legitimate targets," the source said. 

The news agency said that the emergency services worked on sites and some residents were evacuated from parts of Lipetsk in Russia's southwest. Russian regional officials said earlier that fires had broken out at the facilities in the aftermath of the drone attack. 

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Vasily Anokhin, who is the governor of the Smolensk region, said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app that there were no casualties reported in the attack.  

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(With inputs from agencies)