Russian oil depot caught fire after explosion, people were evacuated urgently

Local residents said fires broke out in many districts of Bryansk. People living near the fire were evacuated.

The Emergency Situations Department confirmed the fire broke out, but officials have not commented on the cause. Bryansk is located about 154 km from the Ukrainian border.

The distance from Belgorod, where an oil depot is believed to have been attacked by a Ukrainian Armed Forces helicopter on April 1, is about 37 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

The image is believed to be related to an explosion at an oil depot in the city of Bryansk – Russia on the evening of April 24. Photo: Twitter

Meanwhile, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov announced on April 24 that the country’s missiles and artillery hit 423 Ukrainian targets overnight, including 26 command posts, 367 strongpoints and training places. medium force and military equipment.

According to spokesman Konashenkov, the Russian military also used high-precision guided missiles to destroy an explosives and explosive device factory near the city of Pavlohrad, in the Dnipro region of central Ukraine.

He added that Russian forces also hit many military targets with artillery and rockets in Barvinkove, Nova Dmytrivka, Ivanivka, Husarivka and Velyka Komyshuvakha in the Kharkiv region.

Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov. Photo: Reuters

Earlier, on April 23, Konashenkov said that a logistics facility near the city of Odesa – Ukraine, had been hit by a high-precision Russian missile, destroying a large amount of weapons that the US and Europe had used. aid to Ukraine.

In total, since the “special military operation” was launched against Ukraine at the end of February, the Russian military has so far destroyed 141 aircraft, 263 air defense systems, 541 drones, nearly 2,500 tanks and other armored vehicles, nearly 300 rocket launchers and many other weapons of Ukraine, Konashenkov confirmed.