Two buildings have been broken after an unspecified “incident” within the Krasnogvardeisky district of St. Petersbug earlier than March 2, town's governor, Alexander Beglov, stated.
The governor's assertion comes amid widespread claims on Russian Telegram channels that Russia's second-largest metropolis has come underneath a Ukrainian drone strike.
In keeping with the Mash Telegram channel, the doubtless goal was the Ruchi oil depot northeast of St. Petersburg, lower than a kilometer from the crash website.
Footage posted on Mash exhibits broken balconies of a multi-story residential constructing and what the authors say is a fraction of a drone.
One other recording partially captures a loud explosion on the constructing, with shards of glass and different particles falling to the bottom.
Beglov stated that residents of the affected buildings have been evacuated, and emergency providers are engaged on website.
Six individuals sought care after the incident, and one particular person was hospitalized, Russian state information company TASS stated, citing well being officers.
The Kyiv Impartial was unable to confirm the claims, and Ukrainian officers haven’t commented on the incident.
The information comes on the identical day that Ukraine was subjected to a large-scale Russian drone strike, killing and injuring individuals in Odesa and Kharkiv oblasts.
Alleged drone assaults towards Russian oil depots and refineries have turn into a standard prevalence in current months, with incidents reported in a number of areas, together with Bryansk, Oryol and Leningrad oblasts.
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