A fire broke out at a gasoline store in Belgorod, a Russian city near the Ukrainian border, according to the regional governor’s Telegram channel on Friday morning.

Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Belgorod region, accused Ukraine of starting the fire without giving any evidence.

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“The fire at the oil depot occurred as a result of an air strike coming from two helicopters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which entered the territory of the Russian Federation flying at a low altitude. There are no victims,” said Gladkov.

The fire “engulfed fuel reservoirs,” according to Russian state news agency TASS, quoting the Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations.

Gladkov stated that two depot personnel were hurt in the incident, but their lives are not in danger. Residents in the area of the depot are being evacuated, he said.

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Gladkov stated that the emergency services are on the site combating the fire and that there is no threat to the city’s population.

According to the emergency services, 16,000 cubic metres (3.52 million gallons) of fuel are on fire at the depot, according to Russian state media RIA Novosti on Friday.

According to RIA Novosti, eight tanks with 2,000 cubic metres of fuel each are on fire, with the fear of the flames spreading to another eight tanks.

The chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine’s public affairs department, Bohdan Senyk, stated there was “no information” concerning the incident.

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Dmitry Peskov, a Kremlin spokesman, said on Friday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has been informed of the fire.

“The president was informed about Belgorod,” Peskov stated during a conference call with reporters. “You know that the Ministry of Emergency Situations was sent there. Steps are being taken to re-organize fuel supply points so that what happened in no case affects the level of supply of all necessary types of fuel.”

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Russia’s military asserted air supremacy over Ukraine.

“Air superiority during an operation is an absolute fact,” Peskov said. “And as for what happened, it probably should not be us giving out assessments, but our law enforcement agencies.”