According to Russian officials, Russian oil storage tanks were set on fire overnight after being targeted by drones, while Ukrainian forces reportedly shot down ten drones fired by Russia.

Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for the oil tank attack in Azov, a town in Russia's southern Rostov region. However, Kyiv has previously carried out similar operations and has stated that hitting Russia's energy infrastructure undermines Moscow's military effort.

PHOTO | COURTESY The explosion

"According to preliminary data, there are no casualties," Rostov governor Vasily Golubev wrote on the Telegram messaging app.

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According to Russia's emergency services ministry, 200 firemen were dispatched to tackle the fire, which had grown to over 3,200 square meters.

The Rostov region is directly across the border from Ukraine. Azov is located on the Don River, approximately 16 km from the Sea of Azov.

The Ukrainian air force claimed to have destroyed ten drones fired by Russia overnight. The drones were hit over Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

PHOTO | COURTESY The explosion

Ukraine's military also said that troops were engaging Russian forces on the outskirts of Chasiv Yar in the country's eastern Donetsk province.

"The enemy keeps trying to advance to the micro-district Novy, in the town of Chasiv Yar," Ukraine's military said in a briefing, adding that fighting was "currently taking place."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in his daily speech that troops on the front lines are progressing against Russian forces. He stated that he had received information from Pokrovsk and other areas in the Donetsk region and Kharkiv.

"Our forces are gradually pushing the occupier out of the Kharkiv region."