Ukraine war: Crimea oil tank set ablaze by reported drone

A drone onslaught has caused a monolithic occurrence astatine an lipid depot successful Russian-controlled Crimea, section officials say.

Video connected societal media shows fume and flames billowing from the installation successful Sevastopol, Crimea's main city.

Firefighters are astatine the scene. No-one was wounded successful the strike, the Moscow-appointed determination politician said.

On Friday Russia launched a question of aerial strikes successful cities crossed Ukraine, sidesplitting astatine slightest 25 people. It was the archetypal specified onslaught successful months.

The Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia successful 2014, is location to the main naval basal for Moscow's Black Sea Fleet.

"A substance vessel is connected occurrence successful the Kazachya Bay district," Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said connected the messaging app Telegram. "According to preliminary information, it was caused by a drone strike."

The occurrence comes 5 days aft Russian officials said they had fended disconnected a drone onslaught by the Ukrainian subject successful the aforesaid area. Crimea has travel nether repeated attacks since the commencement of the warfare successful Ukraine.

Friday's Russian barrage included a onslaught connected a artifact of flats that killed 23 radical - including 4 children - successful the cardinal Ukrainian metropolis of Uman.

And a pistillate and her three-year-old girl were killed successful the metropolis of Dnipro.

Kyiv was besides targeted for the archetypal clip successful 51 days. There were nary reports of casualties successful the capital.

Twenty-one retired of 23 missiles and 2 drones were changeable down by Ukraine's aerial defence system, officials said.

The Russian defence ministry said its subject had targeted Ukrainian service reserve units. Moscow has antecedently said it does not deliberately people civilians, but thousands person been injured and killed crossed Ukraine since Russia's invasion.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the attacks showed further planetary enactment needed to beryllium taken against Russia.

"Evil tin beryllium stopped by weapons... And it tin beryllium stopped by sanctions - planetary sanctions indispensable beryllium enhanced," he said successful a tweet connected Friday.

The attacks travel arsenic Ukrainian forces accidental they are acceptable to motorboat a subject violative with caller instrumentality supplied by Western allies.

Russia has struggled to marque headway successful a wintertime offensive, including a 10-month conflict for power of the strategically important metropolis of Bakhmut.