Ukraine escalates strikes in Russia, hitting infrastructure and igniting tensions

On Sunday at the break of dawn in the Belgorod Oblast, alarms went off. Ukrainian journalist Andrij Tsaplienko shared a video on his Telegram channel portraying the situation in Belgorod, where the sound of alarm sirens filled the air in this Russian city.

In another part of European Russia, the Kursk Oblast witnessed a fire at a fuel storage site. Regional authorities attributed the blaze to an attack by a Ukrainian drone - a report by Reuters on Sunday confirmed. The shelling of the village Kulbaki was also reported, where a fire ignited in one of the houses, tragically resulting in a woman's death. Ukraine has not issued any statement regarding these incidents.

Additionally, a major fire broke out at night in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug due to a gas pipeline explosion. Social media was awash with videos capturing a towering inferno and plumes of smoke enveloping the sky near the affected site.

In recent months, Russia has seen a sharp rise in drone strikes targeting military, industrial, and technological sites.

The British Ministry of Defence disclosed on Saturday that the numerous Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian oil refineries have temporarily hampered Russia's oil refining capabilities.