Ukraine’s airstrikes on oil depots in Russia have destroyed oil depots by fire.
New twist
A new twist in the Russia-Ukraine war was the reported attack on oil depots in Russia by Ukraine yesterday.
Eight oil depots in Belgorod, Russia caught fire and were destroyed. The cause is said to be the airstrikes carried out by Ukraine.
The BBC quoted local sources as saying that the blaze was likely to spread to eight more oil depots. Is claiming.
Army helicopters
Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Kladkov has accused Ukrainian military helicopters of attacking the oil depots.
People at the scene were evacuated to safer places.
Its foreign ministry did not say whether Ukraine was behind the attack.
This is likely to spearhead bilateral peace talks.
Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “These attacks did not create a conducive environment for peace talks.
Mariupol city tragedy
As the 37th day of the Russian war on Ukraine continues, the situation of the people of the city of Mariupol is deplorable. They are left with no way to meet even the most basic needs such as food, water, medicine and heating equipment. Russia has reportedly offered to build a safety net to evacuate 1.70 lakh people trapped there.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which is camping there, said strategies were being devised to provide relief supplies to Mariupol Nar and evacuate people.
Evan Watson, secretary-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross, says there are no words to describe the atrocities that people like Mariupol suffered. The situation is getting worse. He noted that allowing humanitarian aid and allowing people to leave was a humanitarian imperative.
Russian forces have intercepted 45 buses carrying people from Mariupol. Only 631 people were able to get out of the city in cars.
Russian forces also reportedly seized 1 dozen buses carrying 14 tons of food and medicine to the city of Mariupol.
Recovering Ukrainian forces …
Ukrainian forces have recaptured the villages of Suloboda and Lukashivka, near the northern city of Chernihiv.
Ukrainian forces say they are carrying out limited offensives east and northeast of Kiev.
A Reuters news agency quoted an adviser to President Vladimir Zhelenzky as saying that Ukrainian forces were pushing back Russian troops in the north-east and north-west of Kiev.
Exhaust from the nuclear site
Meanwhile, Russian forces withdrew from Ukrainian control of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
According to the Ukrainian state-run Enerkot state agency, “Russian troops withdrew from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant following significant levels of radiation from digging trenches in the forest around the plant.”
It is worth recalling that the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was under the control of Russian forces at the beginning of the war.
Now that Russian forces have retreated from the Chernobyl nuclear base, reports suggest that the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is to go there with security forces.
Troops from Georgia …
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg has said that Russian forces are coordinating the offensive in the eastern part of Ukraine.
The UK says Russia is moving 1,200 to 2,000 troops from Georgia to Ukraine.
Ukrainian forces say they are making significant progress in Gershon, the only major city occupied by Russian forces.
Chernihiv situation
Governor Vyacheslav Sass said Russian forces were withdrawing from the besieged city of Chernivtsi. At the same time, he said, air and missile strikes were possible because they were not fully evacuated.