The authorities in Crimea have reported that over 1,047 people have needed evacuation due to a fire at the oil terminal in Feodosia on the occupied peninsula. Russian media reported that more tanks exploded last night and in the evening.

The Ukrainian military hit the largest oil depot in Russian-occupied Crimea early Monday, causing a large fire at the facility.

Firefighters are still battling to take control of a major blaze at Crimea’s largest regional oil and products depot that has been raging since Monday, according to Russian authorities. The cause of the fire at the facility near the city of Feodosia has not been revealed by the the authorities.

Moscow: Over 1,000 residents have been evacuated due to a fire at a large oil terminal in Russian annexed Crimea, a local official said Tuesday,

Russia, which now controls just under a fifth of Ukrainian territory, has been advancing towards Toretsk since August.

Ukraine insists its strikes are fair retaliation for Russian attacks on its energy infrastructure. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ukraine's military says it has carried out a strike on a large oil terminal off the coast of the occupied Crimean Peninsula, the latest in a wave of attacks targeting Russian-controlled energy facilities.

Ukraine’s military said it struck a major oil terminal Monday in Crimea that provides fuel for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the war has entered a key phase. Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly war of attrition — a conflict that started with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and that shows no signs of a resolution.

Ukrainian forces launched a missile attack on an oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight, the military said.