Oil storage on fire in Russia-occupied Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast

27/10/2022

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On the afternoon of October 27, a large-scale fire broke out again in the occupied Shakhtarsk, Donetsk Oblast. An oil storage facility is burning, Novosti Donbasa reported referring to the so-called “Ministry of Emergency of the DNR”

Four 60-ton tanker cars are burning on the territory of the railway station after the shelling. There are also unconfirmed reports on four civilian victims.

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