OREANDA-NEWS An emergency has occurred in the Gubkin city district of the Belgorod region, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. According to him, after the explosion, a fire was recorded at an infrastructure facility. He did not give any other details.

Kommersant's sources in the authorities reported that an oil depot in the village of Dolgoye, 15 km west of the city of Gubkin, was attacked. According to open sources, the oil depot of the local "daughter" of Rosneft, JSC Belgorodnefteprodukt, is located in Dolgom.

According to preliminary data from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the Belgorod region, one tank was damaged, there is no threat of fire spreading, there are enough forces and means. The end of the missile danger in the Gubkin city district was given 40 minutes after the announcement. RIA Novosti was informed by the emergency services that three tanks were on fire. At 11:20 Moscow time, TASS, with reference to the Ministry of Emergency Situations, reported that open gorenje at the oil depot had been eliminated.

A missile danger has been declared in Gubkin and Starooskolsky districts of the region.

In mid-February, an oil depot in Dolgoye was attacked by a drone, but there was no explosion. After the attack, the sappers of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation found non-explosive fragments of the aircraft.

Today, on March 5, at night over the Belgorod region, air defense systems destroyed three aircraft-type drones, no one was injured. Against the background of the military operation in Ukraine, yellow-level terrorist danger and medium-level response regimes were introduced in the region.