The battle continues near Vasilkov, which is why the fire of the tank farm cannot be eliminated

Near the city of Vasilkov in the Kiev region, the battle for the airport continues, so firefighters cannot start extinguishing the oil depot. At present, the gas supply has been cut off.

This was announced by the head of the Kiev Regional State Administration Oleksiy Kuleba.

– Russian troops launched a missile attack on an oil depot in the village of Kryachki, Vasilkovskaya community. A big fire broke out, which can be seen even from Kyiv. The battle does not stop, so the State Emergency Service of the region cannot start extinguishing. We have a direct hit in one of the 10 fuel tanks. The fire can overturn on others. In this case, we face an inevitable ecological catastrophe,” he wrote.