MOSCOW: Russia accused Ukrainian forces of staging a daring air raid against an oil depot inside Russian territory. The regional governor said two Ukrainian helicopters attacked the fuel facility in Belgorod, about 20 miles inside Russia, and video showed storage tanks in flames.
A U.S. official confirmed that Ukrainian helicopters did carry out the strike, and anther one a couple days earlier against an ammunition depot in the same area.
The official told there was concern in Washington about how Russia might react to the strikes.
Ukrainian officials did not claim responsibility for the attack themselves.
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Russian forces have continued attacking Ukrainian cities. They were accused of blocking food and medical supplies from getting into the besieged southern port city of Mariupol on Thursday, and of blocking refugees from getting out despite Moscow agreeing to open a humanitarian corridor.
Russia has pummeled Mariupol and other southern and eastern Ukrainian cities with artillery and airstrikes for more than a month, but attempts to push deeper into the country with ground forces hit a wall, and in some places, they’ve been pushed back.
