Fire breaks out at oil terminal in southern Russia's Krasnodar region, officials say


April 18 (Reuters) - ⁠A fire broke out at ⁠an oil terminal in southern ‌Russia's Krasnodar region, prompting a large firefighting operation, the region's emergency operational headquarters said ​early on Saturday.

No casualties ⁠were reported and ⁠there was no indication as to ⁠what ‌may have caused the fire.

The emergency headquarters, writing ⁠on Telegram, said 224 firefighters and ​56 ‌vehicles were battling the blaze at ⁠the ​terminal in Tikhoretsk, northeast of the region's main town, Krasnodar.

Crews from ⁠Russia's emergencies ministry were also ​taking part.

Ukraine's top commander, Oleksandr Syskyi, said this week that Ukrainian forces ⁠were seeking to reduce Russia's offensive capabilities by keeping up a high pace of strikes on ​military, defence-industrial and ⁠other facilities.

In March, Ukraine struck 76 ​such targets including 15 ‌facilities in the ​oil-refining industry, he said.

(Reporting by Reuters, Editing by Rosalba O'Brien)

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