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Large fire at oil depot in Russia's Bryansk, near Ukraine (Reuters)

A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was ...

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Bryansk Fire Videos Show Explosions, Massive Inferno at Russian ... (Newsweek)

New videos of a blast at a fuel depot in Bryansk proliferating on social media suggest that a second unconfirmed fire broke out in the Russian city in ...

According to TASS, the first report of a fire was made at 2 a.m. Moscow time. In footage shared on social media, it can clearly be seen that one of the fires is burning at what looks like an oil refinery. The city is some 240 miles from Moscow.

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Bryansk fire: Oil depot blaze breaks out in Russian city where ... (iNews)

The inferno at the city of Bryansk is less than 100 miles from the Ukrainian border.

The Druzhba pipeline is the world’s longest oil pipeline and one of the largest oil pipelinke networks in the world. Videos showed two fireballs and thick column of black smoke. Nasa satellites that track fires showed a fire at coordinates that corresponds to a Rosneft oil facility in the city.

Large fire at oil depot in Russia's Bryansk, near Ukraine - agencies (Euronews)

There was no immediate indication the fire was related to the war in Ukraine, although Russian officials said last week that Ukrainian helicopters hit ...

Bryansk is an administrative centre 154 km (96 miles) northeast of the Ukrainian border, near the Sumy and Chernihiv regions, and is about 380 km (236 miles) distant from Moscow, the Russian capital. -A large fire broke out early on Monday at an oil storage facility in the Russian city of Bryansk, the emergencies ministry said, adding that no one was injured. In a statement, the ministry said the fire took place at a facility owned by oil pipeline company Transneft at 2 a.m. Moscow time (2300 GMT), and there had been no need to evacuate any parts of the city of 400,000 people.

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Russian Train Derails After Railway Track Damaged, Photos Show (Newsweek)

Russian media report that the locomotive fell off the tracks, which clearly appear damaged in unverified images from the incident.

The incident was not confirmed by Russian authorities or Russian media. The cause of the incident is being established, reports Bragazeta. The channel shared a video of the alleged incident, saying: "An accident happened on the railway in Belgorod. Three cars with soybeans derailed at the Kreida. No one was hurt, but it looks intimidating. "The train was traveling at a speed of 40 km/h when the embankment under the locomotive slid down," writes the channel. Belgorod local authorities had previously reported that Ukraine had sabotaged the Russian railway in the region. "As a result of the gathering, an employee of a service construction organization was injured."

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Large fires break out at Russian oil depots (The Guardian)

Russian state media reports fires at civilian and military depots in Bryansk, which are potentially an act of sabotage by Kyiv.

Russia, where accidental fires are common due to dilapidated infrastructure, has blamed the fire in Tver on ageing wiring. The Russian defence ministry has promised to bomb targets in Kyiv in response to what it said were “terrorist and sabotage” attacks on its territory carried out by Ukraine’s “nationalist regime”. I think it was probably a Ukrainian attack, but we cannot be certain,” Lee said.

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Fire rages at Russian fuel depot after suspected Ukrainian missile ... (New York Post)

A massive fire erupted Monday at an oil storage facility and logistics hub in the Russian city of Bryansk, emergency authorities said.

But there was no immediate comment from Kyiv, which has denied or not responded to previous suggestions that Ukrainian forces has struck targets inside Russia during the invasion. The Ukrainian Defense Ministry did not respond to a request for comment on that allegation at the time. There has been unconfirmed speculation on social media that the fire was the result of a Ukrainian missile strike.

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