Ukrainian attack helicopters 'strike oil facility INSIDE Russia': Video appears to show rockets fired from aircraft blowing up storage deport
- Ukrainian forces have attacked an oil facility in Russia, according to ELINT News
- The site in Belgorod was attacked by Mil Mi-24 helicopter gunships, they said
- Their claim is unverified, but photos on social media appeared to show a blaze
- Belgorod is just 25 miles from the Ukrainian border, and 50 miles from Kharkiv
- If confirmed, it will be the second time that Ukraine has attacked inside Russia
- The Millerovo airbase, 100 miles from Luhansk, was attacked in late February
By HARRIET ALEXANDER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 15:48 AEDT, 1 April 2022 | UPDATED: 16:15 AEDT, 1 April 2022
Ukrainian helicopters have attacked an oil facility inside Russia, according to a report.
The unverified report from ELINT News claims to show a Mi-24 helicopter gunship attacking a site in Belgorod.
The Russian city of 369,000 people is 25 miles from the border with Ukraine, and 50 miles from Kharkiv, in eastern Ukraine.
Earlier in this week, reports initially claimed that Ukraine had attacked Belgorod. It later appeared more likely that the explosion at a weapons storage depot near Belgorod was the result of a human error, and not a Ukrainian airstrike.
If the helicopter attack in the early hours of Friday reported by ELINT is confirmed, it will be just the second Ukrainian strike on Russian territory since the start of the war after the Millerovo airbase was attacked in late February.
The news site ELINT shared footage of what it said was an oil facility in Belgorod, which they claimed had been attacked by Ukraine. Their claims are unverified
If the blaze in Belgorod is confirmed to be an attack by Ukraine, it will mark the second time that Ukraine has attacked a target inside Russia
On Tuesday, similar footage emerged of a huge explosion in Belgorod, at the site of a suspected arms depot.
The depot was initially believed to have been hit by a Ukrainian missile. However, analysts later concluded that the blast was likely due to human error, rather than a deliberate attack.
Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Butusov claimed that the depot was destroyed by an OTR-21 Tochka-U ballistic missile fired by the Ukrainian 19th missile brigade, but his report was not confirmed by Ukrainian officials.
The Governor of Belgorod Vyacheslav Gladkov confirmed reports of the explosion and said that no Russian citizens were hurt, but refused to shed any light on the reason for the blast.
'Explosions were heard on the territory of Belgorod and the Belgorod region,' Gladkov said.
'The incident took place near the village of Krasniy Oktyabr. The head of the village is in direct contact with me and has given me all the information. There are no casualties or injuries among the residents.'
'I'll post the reason for this later,' he added.
However, Russian news agency TASS reported that four Russian military personnel were injured and said preliminary reports suggested the explosion was caused by a Ukrainian missile.
'The shell hit the territory of a temporary military camp in the Belgorod region. Four servicemen were injured,' an emergency services source told TASS.
Footage emerged on Tuesday of a huge explosion in Belgorod at the site of a suspected arms depot. It was initially believed to have been hit by a Ukrainian missile, but later human error was considered the likely force behind the blaze
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Ukrainian attack helicopters 'strike oil facility INSIDE Russia'
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