The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday that its forces had destroyed 11 drones launched by Ukraine over the Rostov region in southwestern Russia. A Russian official announced that a fire had broken out at one of the region’s largest thermal power plants, and authorities were investigating the cause.

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07:53 A fire on Monday morning at one of Russia’s largest thermal power plants disabled two of its units, briefly interrupting supplies to consumers, the governor of the Rostov region said, Reuters reports.

But there were no casualties, the authorities are investigating the causes of the fire at the Novocherkassk power plant in Rostov, Governor Vasyl Golubev reported on Telegram.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had destroyed 11 drones launched overnight over Rostov, Ukraine, which borders the region, but did not say if there was any damage.

Instead, the Baza TV channel, close to Russian law enforcement agencies, said that the fire at the factory was caused by Ukrainian drones.

Reuters says it cannot independently verify the information.

Novocherkassk is one of the largest power plants in southwestern Russia, its owner OGK-2, which is controlled by a subsidiary of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, reports on its website.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Moscow’s attack destroys Putin’s biggest promise to Russians.
• On Sunday, the Ukrainian military said that during nighttime strikes on the Crimean peninsula, they hit two large Russian landing craft, a communications center and other infrastructure used by Russia’s Black Sea Fleet.
• The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi on Sunday night in his daily video address again called for an increase in air defense means, showing that in just one week the Russian enemy used hundreds of missiles, drones and bombs, and in two years of the war there was not a single week without attacks from Moscow.
• British minister on signals from Moscow after Friday’s attack: “We know Putin is creating a propaganda smokescreen.”
• Poland will demand an explanation from Russia regarding the “new violation of its airspace” by a Russian cruise missile, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Warsaw announced on Sunday.
• Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Sunday it had dispatched a MiG-31 fighter jet after two US B-1B bombers approached Russia’s border over the Barents Sea.
• The effect of the Russian attacks: Ukraine has increased its import of electricity several times and stopped exporting.
• Matteo Salvini: “Macron is a danger to his country and Europe. I don’t want to leave my children a continent ready to start World War III.”
• On Sunday, the US government again denied “Ukrainian involvement” in the Moscow gun attack after Russian President Vladimir Putin hinted at a link to Ukraine.
• Sanctions begin to take effect: there are more and more problems with the export of Russian oil.

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