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The attack on the airfield hit an ammunition depot where Russian
forces stored guided aerial bombs among other equipment, the
military said.
"Russian combat aviation must be destroyed wherever it is, by
all effective means. It is also quite fair to strike at Russian
airfields. And we need this joint solution with our partners - a
security solution," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy
wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
The Ukrainian president has repeatedly called on his Western
allies for permission to use their weapons for long-range
attacks on Russia, in addition to striking military targets
close to the border.
He said on Saturday that Russian forces had used over 600 guided
aerial bombs to attack Ukraine in the past week.
The attack on oil depots and fuel and lubricant storage
facilities in Belgorod, Kursk and Rostov regions set fire to at
least two oil tanks, according to the Ukrainian military report.
In Russia, local officials reported that tanks at a fuel storage
depot in the Kamensky district of Rostov region caught fire as a
result of a drone attack.
The regional governor of Belgorod also said Ukraine-launched
drones caused a fire at an oil storage depot there, adding that
the fire was extinguished and no one was injured.
Ukraine has dramatically stepped up its use of long-range drones
this year to attack Russian oil facilities, attempting to damage
sites fueling Russian forces and the country's economy in
Moscow's 29-month-old invasion.
(Reporting by Anastasiia Malenko; Editing by Gareth Jones and
Frances Kerry)
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