Russian state-backed news agency TASS said the damage was caused by Ukraine's shelling, though Kyiv has not confirmed responsibility.
Donetsk is the capital of the Russian-backed"Donetsk People's Republic"—a breakaway part of the eastern Donbas region that is only recognized by Russia, North Korea and Syria.
Russia's Ministry of Emergency Situations and Donetsk People's Republic People's Militia staff are working on the site, TASS reported. Social media videos show huge black plumes of smoke and a large fire coming from the oil depot, close to the railway tracks on the site. "As a result of overnight shelling in the Budennovsky district, there was a fire at a fuel storage warehouse," Alexey Kulemzin, the mayor of Donetsk, said in a post on the Telegram social network.⚡ At night, residents reported explosions followed by a fire at the oil base in temporarily occupied Donetsk.
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