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Nicholas Cecil

Russian firefighters take five days to put out blaze at Putin nuclear bombers' oil depot hit by Kyiv drones

Russian firefighters have reportedly put out a blaze after five days at an oil site which supplies an air base for Vladimir Putin’s nuclear bomber fleet.

Regional governor Roman Busargin said the “open burning” at the site in the Volga region, which he did not identify, had been extinguished overnight, but emergency workers remained in place around the clock.

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