<strong>Ukraine war: Drone sets ablaze 10 Russian oil storage tanks in Crimean port of Sevastopol</strong>

Ukraine war: Things hotted up in the Russia-Ukraine war even as an Ukrainian drone strike set afire a Russian fuel storage facility in the Crimean port of Sevastopol early on Saturday. The attack led to a black column of smoke rising into the sky as it marked the latest attack on the Russia-occupied peninsula.

In a quick riposte, the city's Moscow-backed governor blamed Ukraine and said the fire had been doused before a disaster occurred.

Giving details of the strike, a Ukrainian military intelligence official said more than 10 tanks of oil products bearing 40,000 tonnes meant for use by Russia's Black Sea Fleet went up in smoke. The attack came as Ukraine prepares for a counter offensive to push Russian forces back from territory they seized since invading the country in February 2022.

Aerial and seaborne drones

Meanwhile, Moscow has accused Kyiv of sending waves of aerial and seaborne drones to attack Crimea. Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev said only one drone hit the oil tanks.

"The enemy ... wanted to take Sevastopol by surprise, as usual, by staging a sneak attack in the morning," Razvozhaev wrote on the Telegram app. Russian firefighters had shown how to defeat a major blaze "and prevent a catastrophe", he added.

Ukraine lacks longer-range missiles that can reach targets in places such as Sevastopol, but has been developing drones to overcome this hurdle.

Blast ‘God's punishment’, says Ukraine

Ukraine did not say it carried out the attack. Instead, it said the blast was "God's punishment" for a Russian strike on the Ukrainian city of Uman on Friday that killed 23 people."This punishment will be long-lasting. In the near future, it is better for all residents of temporarily occupied Crimea not to be near military facilities and facilities that provide for the aggressor's army," RBC quoted Yusov as saying.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy responded saying: "You are all terrorists and murderers and you must all be punished," he said in an evening video address.

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