Ukraine says airstrike caused fire at key Russian oil depot russia-ukraine war news

The local governor says the fire has been extinguished after Ukraine claimed an attack on the site of a fuel pipeline for military supplies.

Ukraine’s military says it has attacked an oil depot in western Russia that fuels a major pipeline for Russian military supplies.

The Army General Staff said on Wednesday that the overnight attack caused a “major fire” at the facility in the Bryansk region.

Footage posted by the Astra Telegram channel, which shares war updates from Russian journalists, showed huge flames rising into the sky near the targeted site. Ukrainian news site Pravda also published a photo of the fire.

Bryansk Governor Alexander Bogomaz acknowledged that a fire had broken out at a production facility in the area after the drone strike, but said it had been extinguished.

“There were no casualties. Operational and emergency services are working at the scene,” Bogomaz said in a post on Telegram.

The Soviet-built Druzhba oil pipeline, which pumps oil from fields in Western Siberia and the Caspian Sea to markets in Europe, passes through the Bryansk region, as does the Baltic Pipeline system that runs to the Baltic Sea.

Kazakhstan pipeline operator KazTransOil said the pipeline, which brings both Russian and Kazakh oil to Europe, was not damaged in the attack.

Missile attack on Taganrog port

Also overnight, Ukraine’s military fired missiles at a Russian port on the Sea of ​​Azov, damaging an industrial facility and several cars, said Yuri Slyusar, acting governor of Russia’s Rostov region.

Slyusar said 14 cars were set on fire at the Taganrog port, but he did not disclose what other damage was caused or how large the attack was.

There is a Russian airbase near the city, from which military analysts say Russia’s air force operates drones, bombers and other weapons to attack Ukraine.

Meanwhile, in Zaporizhia, one of four Ukrainian regions that Moscow has claimed to annex without taking full control in 2022, casualties rose from an attack on a medical clinic and office building a day earlier. Has been.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said on Wednesday that at least seven people were confirmed dead and others were still trapped under the debris. Twenty-two others, including a five-year-old girl, were injured, according to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry.

The 34-month war in Ukraine, which has killed thousands and displaced millions, some Russian and Western officials say could be its final and most dangerous phase. Russian forces are advancing into eastern Ukraine at their fastest pace since the start of the war and Ukraine is using high-precision tactical missile systems against Russia.

United States President-elect Donald Trump, who has repeatedly praised Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggested cutting aid to Ukraine if it does not make concessions to stop the fighting, has said that upon entering the White House After this, ending the war will be the top priority. In January.

“I think we have to solve the Ukraine problem with Russia,” Trump told French magazine Paris Match in an interview recorded Saturday and released Wednesday.

“Both of those countries (Russia and Ukraine) are losing numbers that no one can believe. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers are being killed,” Trump said. “And the Middle East is certainly a big priority. But I think the situation in the Middle East is less difficult with Russia than with Ukraine.

During his election campaign, Trump repeatedly claimed that he would be able to end the war in Ukraine within 24 hours.