Massive fire engulfs Crimea oil reservoir after drone strike
- Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said the blaze did not cause any casualties and would not hinder fuel supplies in the city
- He declined to say whether the drone he cited as causing the fire was Ukrainian
A massive fire erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was hit by a drone, a Russia-appointed official there reported on Saturday.
Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the Black Sea peninsula’s port city of Sevastopol, posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel.
Razvozhayev said the fire was assigned the highest ranking in terms of how complicated it will be to extinguish.
He did not say whether the drone he cited as causing the fire was Ukrainian. Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014, a move that most of the world considered illegal. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said his country is seeking to reclaim the peninsula during Russia’s current full-scale invasion.
The incident comes a day after Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine, killing at least 23 people. Almost all of the victims died when two missiles slammed into an apartment building. Three children were among the dead.