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Town near Ukraine's Kyiv hit by Russian missiles, oil depot on fire

| Updated: February 27, 2022 17:47:26


A big fire at a petroleum storage depot after a Russian missile attack, in Vasylkiv, near Kiev, Ukraine. - EPA photo A big fire at a petroleum storage depot after a Russian missile attack, in Vasylkiv, near Kiev, Ukraine. - EPA photo

Russian missiles have hit the Ukrainian town of Vasylkiv southwest of the capital, Kyiv, setting an oil terminal ablaze, the town's mayor said in a video posted online.

"The enemy wants to destroy everything around," said the mayor, Natalia Balasinovich.

Photographs and video posted online showed large flames rising under the night sky, reports Reuters. 

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