Russian authorities claimed that a drone attack caused a fire at an oil storage tank near the Kursk airfield in the city of Kursk, with no casualties reported.
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Roman Starovoyt, Governor of Kursk Oblast, stated that an oil storage tank near the Kursk airfield caught fire as a result of a drone attack and that the fire was being contained.
There were no casualties reported from the incident at the Kursk airfield.
The 14th Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment of the Russian Federation is deployed in the Kursk Vostochny airfield.
Roman Starovoit reported that an oil storage tank near Kursk airfield caught on fire due to a drone attack and there were no casualties.
An airfield in Kursk Oblast was on fire due to a drone attack, according to Russian sources.
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