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Russia blames drone attack for Crimea fuel depot blaze

Smoke rises following an alleged drone attack in Sevastopol, Crimea, on Saturday [Reuters]

A drone strike caused a fire at a fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol, sending a vast column of black smoke into the sky before it was extinguished, the city’s Moscow-installed governor has said.

Experts examined the site and “it became clear that only one drone was able to reach the oil reservoir”, Mikhail Razvozhaev said on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday.

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