The fire that broke out in the early hours of the morning in an oil products depot in the Russian district of Temryuk, near the Crimean Bridge on the Kerch Strait, which connects mainland Russia with Russia, has spread over an area of 1,200 square meters peninsula unilaterally annexed by Moscow in 2014.
This was reported by Ria Novosti quoting the head of the district Fedor Babenkov. Krasnodar governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that «the fire was classified at the highest degree of difficulty. Every effort has been made to prevent the fire from spreading further."
Meanwhile, Russia would have by now "failed" the offensive underway in eastern Ukraine since the winter, which aimed, among other things, at conquering Bakhmut. The United States say they are sure of it, while at this point they are awaiting the now famous Ukrainian counter-offensive in the spring, perhaps decisive for the fate of the conflict.
Kiev announces that it has already set up 8 new assault brigades that will take part , for a total of 40,000 soldiers who still need training. US National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said the Russians had lost 20,000 men killed and another 80,000 seriously wounded over the past five months. "Figures thrown at random", replied the Kremlin, while the defense minister of Moscow, Serghei Shoigu, in turn assured that over 15,000 Ukrainians have been eliminated in the last month alone.
Kiev continues to complain that the West does not provide all the weapon systems necessary for the counteroffensive and agrees with Moscow: both sides said they knew nothing of that peace mission in Ukraine that he had spoken about Pope Francis on the plane that was taking him back to Rome after his visit to Hungary . So no compromises.
"Our state has already shown that it can win," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Telegram, reiterating that the goal is to reconquer "all those areas that are still temporarily under occupation." But Russian President Vladimir Putin shows that he does not want to abandon these areas, and indeed promises that everything will be done for the development of the regions annexed to Russia: Lugansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
