Ukrainian shelling sets Russian fuel storage ablaze in Shakhtarsk

Russian-installed authorities in Shakhtarsk said on Thursday (October 27) Ukrainian shelling had set ablaze fuel tanks at the town's railway station and oil depot.

Four fuel tanks were burning at the railway station and another three were burning at the depot, the head of the Donetsk People's Republic fire service, Vladimir Murenkov, said.

Firefighters were seen putting out flames engulfing railway tank cars and a larger blaze at the oil depot.

Murenkov said work to extinguish the fires continued at both locations.

The town of Shakhtarsk in Russian-controlled Ukraine is located just 40 kilometres from Donetsk - the capital of the self-proclaimed People's Donetsk Republic.

Ukrainian forces, some equipped with artillery supplied by the United States and other allies, have methodically shelled Russian fuel and ammunition bases and railway lines.