Ukrainian drones strike Russian tanker and oil depot overnight, authorities say; no spill reported

MOSCOW, Russia — Ukrainian drones struck a tanker at Russia’s port of Taganrog overnight and hit an oil depot in the city of Armavir, authorities in the southern regions of Rostov and Krasnodar say.

Rostov region Governor Yury Slyusar says on Telegram that fires on the tanker and in the port of Taganrog — a city of about 240,000 — have been extinguished, with no oil spill reported. Two people were injured, he says.

The city’s mayor, Svetlana Kambulova, says a local state of emergency, introduced on May 27, had been extended.

In the neighboring Krasnodar region, authorities in Armavir, which has a population of 185,000, say a fire at an oil depot in the city’s industrial zone has been brought under control and that there are no injuries.

Rostov governor Slyusar says almost 50 drones have been downed in the region, with attacks reported across the province, which borders Ukraine’s Donbas, the focus of fighting between Russia and Ukraine.

Outside Taganrog, he says, only minor damage was reported.