Crimea fuel depot on fire, Russian-held towns shelled in Ukraine

KYIV: A huge fire erupted in Moscow-annexed Crimea after a suspected drone attack hit an oil depot on Saturday , as fighting intensified on the southern Ukrainian front and shelling deprived Russian border villages of power.

On Saturday, officials in Moscow-controlled Crimea, towns under Russian occupation in southern Ukraine and a governor of a border region reported attacks. The port city has been hit by a series of drone attacks since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine began more than a year ago.Russian-installed authorities said the fire was caused by a suspected drone but sought to play down the incident, amid rising security fears on the peninsula.In this handout photo taken from video released by the Governor of Sevastopol Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel on Apr 29, 2023, smoke and flame rise from a burning fuel tank in Sevastopol, Crimea.

"We will do everything possible to ensure that the terrorist state is held accountable for its actions as soon as possible," he added. He warned people in Crimea to"avoid being near military facilities and facilities providing the aggressor's army in the near future".On the Russian-annexed peninsula, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, urged Crimeans to"remain calm" and said"nobody was hurt"Razvozhayev insisted that the peninsula's reserves had not been impacted and that authorities had enough fuel for all civilian needs.

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