Evacuation is underway near Volgograd due to an explosion threat at a Ministry of Defense facility.

Residents of the village of Kotluban are being evacuated in the Volgograd Region due to an explosion threat at a Ministry of Defense facility due to a fire on its territory as a result of an attack by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) The Armed Forces of Ukraine. This was announced on February 12 by the governor of the region Andrey Bocharov.

"As a result of falling debris, a fire broke out on the territory of the Ministry of Defense facility near the village of Kotluban. The fire fighting services of the region, the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the Ministry of Defense are involved in extinguishing the fire," the administration of the Volgograd Region quotes him in its Telegram channel.

It is specified that there are no casualties as a result of the actions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. During the evacuation process, air defense systems have been deployed and vehicles have been prepared.

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The governor of the Tambov Region, Yevgeny Pervyshov, announced on the same day that two people were injured in Michurinsk as a result of an attack by Ukrainian drones. In addition, a grocery store caught fire, and several other buildings were damaged.

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