Further attacks on occupied Shakhtarsk: oil depot on fire
IRYNA BALACHUK – THURSDAY, 27 OCTOBER 2022, 16:13
Another huge fire started in the occupied city of Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast on the afternoon of 27 October. An oil depot is currently ablaze.
Source: Russian Kremlin-aligned information agency RIA Novosti; media outlet Novyny Donbasu (Donbas News), quoting the so-called "Ministry of Emergencies of the Donetsk People’s Republic"
Details: Novyny Donbasu reported that following the attack, four 60-tonne tanks in the vicinity of the railway station caught fire.
There are also reports that four civilians have been injured and are receiving medical help.
В окупованому Шахтарську на Донеччині горить нафтове сховище, полум’я охопило 4 великі ємності – ЗМІ. Відео РИА Новости pic.twitter.com/2ItMvPOF0K
— Українська правда ✌️ (@ukrpravda_news) October 27, 2022
Russian propagandists are blaming Ukrainian troops for the fire.
Background:
- At about 21:30 on 26 October, after a number of explosions near the Postnikovo railway station, a huge fire started in the occupied city of Shakhtarsk in Donetsk Oblast, as fuels and lubricants caught fire.
- Later, it was reported that the explosion which occurred in occupied Shakhtarsk on the evening of 26 October had destroyed 12 Russian railway fuel tanks.
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