An oil depot It has been set on fire in the Briansk region, south-west of Moscowas reported by the press service of the General Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, as reported by the TASS news agency.
“At 02:00 hoursthe operational shift of the main directorate of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry for the Bryansk Region received a message about a fire in the Fokinsky district, on Moskovsky Avenue,” he said.
According to the Interfax news agency, they have sent rescue teams to the place of the fire, although at the moment the origin or the number of victims is unknown. The Russian Emergencies Ministry has also said quDIRe “further information is being confirmed.”
As reported by several Russian media, Briansk residents have first reported several explosions in the area and, later, of a fire in the area of the oil depot in this Russian city.
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The city of Bryansk, some 150 km from the Ukrainian border, has been used for more than two months as logistics base of the Russian military operation in Ukraine. Russia accuses the Ukrainian forces of carrying out attacks on Russian territory, including one in April against a town in the Briansk region.
In early April, the governor of the Belgorod region, which also borders Russia, claimed that Ukrainian helicopters had fired on a fuel depot.