Two explosions and a fireplace had been reported at a web site run by Russia's second-largest pure gasoline producer on Sunday.

The blasts, the place a gasoline tank is assumed to have exploded, had been reported at Novatek's chemical storage facility at Ust-Luga port, 100 miles southwest of St Petersburg, in keeping with native media.

An announcement given by the corporate to media outlet RBC mentioned they had been the results of "external influence" and that operations on the web site had been paused.

A separate native information outlet reported two drones flying in direction of St Petersburg on Sunday morning. Kyiv has not commented.

Yuri Zapalatsky, head of Kingisepp, the district the place the port is predicated, mentioned there have been no casualties, however the space has been positioned on excessive alert.

Sky News couldn't independently confirm the stories.

According to the Russian defence ministry, there was no drone exercise reported within the district, however 4 Ukrainian drones had been shot down over the Smolensk, Oryol and Tula areas.

There was additionally a Ukrainian drone shot down on the outskirts of St Petersburg on Thursday.

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Over the border in Ukraine, 25 folks died on Sunday after shelling at a market within the metropolis of Donetsk.

Twenty folks, together with two kids, had been additionally injured within the strike in Tekstilschik, in keeping with occupying Russian authorities within the area.

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