A drone strike burns down a power facility in Russia's Belgorod region

MADRID, 5 Jun. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Russian authorities have reported on Sunday night that a drone attack has set fire to an energy facility in the Russian region of Belgorod.

The governor of the region, Viacheslav Gladkov, has indicated that there have been no casualties as a result of the incident, while he has pointed out that "the preliminary cause of the fire has been the fall of an explosive device from a drone."

This same Sunday, Gladkov asked the residents of the towns closest to the border with Ukraine to leave their homes in the face of constant attacks by Ukrainian forces that left two fatalities in the last hours.

The Belgorod region has been the target of various attacks by Ukrainian forces since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, including two separate ground assaults in recent days that Moscow blames on Ukraine although militia groups have also claimed responsibility. opponents of the Kremlin.