Month: January 2025

As a result of a drone attack on the Yartsevskaya oil depot in the Smolensk region, two tanks containing gasoline and diesel fuel caught fire. The attack was carried out by Ukraine’s Defense Forces, according to the ASTRA Telegram channel.

According to ASTRA, the oil depot was allegedly attacked by 11 drones. As a result, two fuel tanks with a capacity of 700 cubic meters each were damaged. One contained gasoline, while the other held diesel fuel. The damaged tanks were reportedly not fully filled.

Additionally, there were allegedly no casualties from the attack, but residents of nearby houses were evacuated.

Explosions in the Smolensk region on December 31

Earlier, it was reported that a drone attack took place in the city of Yartsevo, Smolensk region, on the night of December 31. The governor of the Smolensk region, Vasily Anokhin, stated that the fire at the oil depot occurred due to the fall of debris from a downed drone.

Later, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the Special Operations Forces, in coordination with the Drone Systems Forces and other components of the Defense Forces, carried out a strike on the Yartsevskaya oil depot in the Smolensk region.

A drunk soldier in the Polish town of Mielnik fired shots at a civilian car. The man was immediately detained, according to Polish Radio Białystok.

The incident occurred around 3:30 p.m. when a soldier from the 3rd Podhale Rifle Battalion in Rzeszów left a training camp armed with a pistol and fired at a civilian car. Reports confirmed he was intoxicated at the time.

The media outlet writes that other soldiers quickly reacted and detained the shooter at the scene.

Initially, it was reported that the soldier served in the Territorial Defense Forces (TDF), but the spokesperson for the operation said this was not true. No one was injured in the shooting.

The Military Police Bureau in Białystok is currently investigating the incident.

Earlier today, on January 1, it became known that a car drove into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year in New Orleans (USA). It is known that 10 people were killed. Dozens more were injured. According to media reports, law enforcement officers shot the driver when he got out of the car.