Crimea gasoline tank ablaze after alleged drone assault
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huge hearth erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was allegedly hit by a drone, Russian officers claimed.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the Black Sea peninsula’s port metropolis of Sevastopol, posted movies and images of the blaze on his Telegram channel on Saturday of the hearth.
Razvozhayev didn’t say whether or not the drone he cited as inflicting the hearth was Ukrainian.
The hearth was later put out and no-one was damage, Russian officers mentioned.
Sevastopol, on the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014, has come below repeated air assaults since Russia’s full-fledged invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned his nation is looking for to reclaim the peninsula throughout Russia’s present full-scale invasion.
The incident comes a day after Russia fired greater than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine, killing a minimum of 23 individuals.
Smoke and flame rise from a burning gasoline tank in Sevastopol
/ APAlmost the entire victims died when two missiles slammed into an condominium constructing. Three kids had been among the many useless.
Razvozhayev mentioned the oil reservoir hearth didn’t trigger any casualties and wouldn’t hinder gasoline provides in Sevastopol.
The metropolis has been topic to common assault makes an attempt with drones, particularly in latest weeks.
Earlier this week, Razvozhayev reported that the Russian navy destroyed a Ukrainian sea drone that tried to assault the harbor and one other one blew up, shattering home windows in a number of condominium buildings.
Ukrainian officers didn’t instantly touch upon the oil reservoir hearth. After earlier assaults on Crimea, Kyiv normally stopped wanting brazenly claiming accountability however emphasised that the nation had the suitable to strike any goal in response to Russian aggression.