BBC:
A massive oil depot fire near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi has been blamed by Moscow on an overnight Ukrainian drone attack.
Krasnodar region Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said drone debris hit a fuel tank and 127 firefighters were on Sunday tackling the blaze, which was later put out.
The airport near Sochi – the venue of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games – briefly suspended flights.
Meanwhile, Russia again bombed a key bridge in Ukraine’s southern city of Kherson, killing one man, local officials said. In nearby Mykolaiv, seven people were injured and several homes destroyed.
Ukraine earlier reported seven deaths in Saturday’s Russian attacks in the Kherson and eastern Donetsk regions.
Russian authorities said the drone attack on the Sochi refinery was one of several launched by Ukraine over the weekend.
They said installations were targeted in the central Russian cities of Ryazan, Penza, as well as Voronezh – not far from the border with Ukraine. The Voronezh regional governor said four people were injured in one drone strike.
Ukraine has not commented on the strikes. It has been targeting Russia’s energy infrastructure in retaliation to Russia’s sustained bombardment of Ukraine’s energy grid throughout the war.
Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences intercepted 93 Ukrainian drones overnight, 60 of which were over the Black Sea region.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia fired 83 drones or 76 drones and seven missiles overnight, 61 of which were shot down. It added that 16 drones and six missiles struck targets in eight locations.
