Drone causes fire at Crimea oil depot, Russian official claims

Smoke and flames rise from a burning fuel tank in Crimea (Sevastopol governor Mikhail Razvozhaev telegram channel via AP)

A massive fire has erupted at an oil reservoir in Crimea after it was hit by a drone, according to a Russia-appointed official in the region.

Mikhail Razvozhayev, the Moscow-installed governor of the Black Sea peninsula’s port city of Sevastopol, posted videos and photos of the blaze on his Telegram channel.