According to BBC Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that air defense forces “destroyed and intercepted” 25 Ukrainian fixed-wing drones overnight across various regions. The breakdown includes seven drones allegedly destroyed in Belgorod Oblast, 11 in Kursk Oblast, two each in Moscow and Oryol Oblasts, and one each in Bryansk, Leningrad, and Tula Oblasts.

Oryol

Oryol governor Andrey Klychkov claimed that a drone “crashed” at a fuel facility, causing a fire:

“[T]here was a UAV crash in Orel. A facility of the fuel and energy complex was attacked. Special services are working on the site to localize the fire. There are no casualties,” he wrote on Telegram.

RIA Novosti, citing a source in the emergency services, wrote that a drone hit a tank with oil products, causing a fire. 

Nizhny Novgorod

Referring to regional authorities, the Russian state-funded TASS news agency said drones on 12 March morning “attacked the Kstovo industrial zone, a facility of the fuel and energy complex, and a fire broke out at one of the oil refining units.”

The town of Kstovo is located nearly 800 km away from the border of Ukraine.

The attack caused a fire at the fuel facility in Russia's Kstovo. pic.twitter.com/9cMbdMxDEV

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 12, 2024

TASS added that Lukoil said the operation of the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez processing unit was temporarily halted “in connection with the incident.“

Belgorod Oblast

Belgorod Oblast Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed that a Ukrainian drone dropped four explosive items, damaging power lines: 

“Belgorod district was attacked by the [Ukrainian Armed Forces] using a UAV, which dropped four explosive devices. As a result of the explosions, there were no casualties, but there was damage to power lines. Seven settlements remain without electricity,” he reported on Telegram.