5 April 2022

Mystery Surrounds Russia Oil Site Strike Blamed on Ukraine, Claimed By None

NAVEED JAMALI , DAVID BRENNAN , TOM O'CONNOR

Abrazen attack against a Russian oil depot in the border region of Belgorod has elicited international attention but few answers, as Ukrainian officials deflected accusations of their country's involvement in the attack and some even alleged Moscow itself had staged the strike.

But one former senior U.S. intelligence officer cast doubt on that explanation.

Shortly after news of the attack on the fuel site roughly 18 miles from the border emerged Friday, Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed the fiery scene was the result of airstrikes conducted by two Ukrainian Air Force helicopters that entered Russian airspace at low altitude.

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