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Conflagration in occupied Makiivka – oil depot ablaze
Ukrainska Pravda
Iryna Balachuk
Wednesday, 5 July 2023, 23:43
https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2023/07/5/7410025/.
Russian invaders have reported that the temporarily occupied city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, has been shelled, causing a large fire to break out at an oil depot.
SOURCE: Donetsk News Agency, a source of Donetsk fighters; Russian propaganda outlet TASS
DETAILS: The occupiers claimed that the city was shelled with rocket artillery. As a result, an oil depot in the Chervonohvardiiskyi district caught fire.
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Five tanks of fuel are on fire, and there has been a spill. The fire from the burning containers has spread to nearby trees.
The occupiers have not reported any casualties.
On the evening of 5 July, Russian Telegram channels reported explosions in Makiivka and posted photos of smoke.
BACKGROUND:
On the evening of 4 July, several explosions occurred in the occupied city of Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast, and plumes of smoke were said to have been seen over the city.