Putin’s oil refinery explodes, sending a 200-foot tower of flames into the sky | World news

A huge explosion erupted at a Russian oil depot that was hit by Ukrainian missiles four days ago.

Video footage shows flames nearly 60 meters high at the Maritime Oil Terminal in Feodosia, in Russian-controlled Crimea.

The refinery has been burning since it was targeted by Ukrainian forces on Tuesday, coinciding with Vladimir Putin’s 72nd birthday.

Authorities thought they had contained the inferno, but it flared up again and appears to be getting worse, with reports of several explosions.

Now there are fears the depot could be destroyed.

The attack was originally reported to be a drone, but appears to have been two long-range ATACMS missiles supplied to Ukraine by the US.

The Putin-appointed governor of occupied Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said emergency and security services were available.

«The terminal is surrounded by employees from the relevant services and all managers are also on site», he explained.

‘I am personally monitoring the situation, receiving reports from the scene via video link every half hour.’

The attack on Crimea’s largest oil terminal is a blow to Russia as it plays a key role in supplying Putin’s armed forces.

People were evacuated from the vicinity.

It turns out that Russia’s FSB detained a 30-year-old man who was accused of providing details of military targets to the Ukrainian secret services in Feodosia. This included naval transport.

When questioned, he said he wanted to stop Russia from firing Kalibr missiles at residential targets in Ukraine.

Ukraine has also hit an airport in the Krasnodar region in recent days, as well as a large stockpile of Iranian kamikaze drones – supplied by Iran to Russia.

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