Russian drone attack on Poltava Oblast causes fire covering 2,500 sq m – photos

Fires covering an area of 2,500 sqm have broken out in Poltava Oblast as a result of the Russian drone attack. Source: Volodymyr Kohut, Head of Poltava Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote: "The enemy conducted a large-scale UAV strike on civilian targets in industrial areas within the Poltava hromada.

Some of the targets were downed by air defence forces and assets. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories - ed.]

Damage was recorded at six different locations as a result of hits and falling debris, including warehouse facilities, an office building and a transformer belonging to a business. Fires broke out, covering a total area of 2,500 sq m." Details: Kohut reported that the fires at all the scenes had been extinguished by 04:00, with no casualties.

A total of 19 fire appliances and 90 firefighters from the State Emergency Service were involved in extinguishing the fires.

Background:

• The Russians attacked Poltava with drones on the evening of 27 March, causing power outages in some districts of the city.

  Warehouse facilities belonging to a business within the Poltava hromada were damaged.

• Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure, residential buildings and office buildings of oil and gas industry businesses in Poltava Oblast.

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