Huge explosions tore through two oil storage facilities in a western Russian city yesterday after suspected drone strikes by Ukrainian forces. The blasts occurred within 15 minutes of each other in Bryansk, about 95 miles from the Ukrainian border, Russian state television said, without speculating on their causes. It stated that one of the explosions was at a fuel tank at a military base, the other at a nearby oil refinery owned by Transneft, the state-controlled oil company. Black smoke could be seen billowing from the military base, while an inferno engulfed the Druzhba refinery. The explosions occurred at about 2am, according to Russia’s

Source: The Times April 26, 2022 00:42 UTC