A Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire Friday at a commercial in Russia about 170 kilometers from the border, the government said.

kyiv has stepped up its airstrikes against Russian power and military facilities in recent months, a crusade it describes as just punishment for relentless Russian blockades of its cities and power grid.

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“As a result of a drone attack in Lyudinovo, a fire broke out on the territory of a commercial company,” the governor of Russia’s Kaluga region, Vladislav Shapsha, said in a message on Telegram.

Lyudinovo is kilometers (105 miles) from the Russia-Ukraine border.

Unverified videos on Russian social media showed a chimney burning in what is believed to be an oil depot in the area.

Kyiv’s army has hit several Russian oil depots in recent weeks, including two major strikes on a facility near a military airfield in the Saratov region that triggered days-long blazes.

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